flasq

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.1`

## Source: kam193 (2498f9d207b216ad7438cd262c9136cc5453d288f97a74d4cd44a9a2accf9141)
Package imitates name of a popula library. During installation, obfuscated code downloads a malicious executable and starts it. It then exfiltrates at least cryptocurrency wallet data, probably more.


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


Campaign: 2026-08-flasq


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - exfiltration-generic


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - obfuscation


 - exfiltration-crypto

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/14cea0fef89fe1c020f1aedf7bb31bbfe2507d52/osv/malicious/pypi/flasq/MAL-2026-13487.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/flasq
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/14cea0fef89fe1c020f1aedf7bb31bbfe2507d52/osv/malicious/pypi/flasq/MAL-2026-13487.json
- https://tria.ge/260807-fkycrazzg1/behavioral1
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/425f5336182e359211b5d751786d2ce1d31a673ea9c82107358a888803742649/detection
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/6968e87494d8340b5ba5995397847a99ceeee1dc/osv/malicious/pypi/flasq/MAL-2026-13487.json
- https://pypi.org/project/flasq/0.1.1
- https://pypi.org/project/flasq/0.1.2
- https://pypi.org/project/flasq/0.2.0

Compromised versions (1)

• = 0.1.1

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