certifications

GHSA-5x5q-cmcr-m8j8

Malicious code in certifications (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 999.999.999`

## Source: kam193 (7d51c9defecdd382c5048eb6f92b32558355b8457b2b5cd63f3d86e12e8ed35b)
Package contains a reverse shell.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2025-03-certifications


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (0515ead14660dcbffe28456794b1f84f6a8416f72a81ede8833f475644c70afd)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'certifications' @ 999.999.999 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/certifications/MAL-2025-2152.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/certifications
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/certifications/MAL-2025-2152.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5x5q-cmcr-m8j8

Compromised versions (1)

= 999.999.999

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.