m5tlnyakblwa

GHSA-6pgf-95m3-j5pm

Malicious code in m5tlnyakblwa (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (a3cc4be569e877aa213b4747e6285f9d2d46f68ee93d55ec9fddf7949c15ff94)
Importing the module starts download and running a remote executable, identified as malware by AVs


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


Campaign: 2025-05-coloramashowtemp 


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - malware

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/m5tlnyakblwa/MAL-2025-5118.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/m5tlnyakblwa
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/m5tlnyakblwa/MAL-2025-5118.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6pgf-95m3-j5pm

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

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