secmeasure

GHSA-6q24-2rw5-6495

Malicious code in secmeasure (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: google-open-source-security (f566db2e1359b455ca36524d9c066854754e71ac92deca9706f69d3d71cc8414)
This package installs the SilentSync remote access trojan and allows remote
code execution and data exfiltration. Windows machines are targetted by this
malicious package.

## Source: kam193 (6358a31772627867b25a23822234b0bdbeb14cdaa939e3eeef0c5240ee36d86f)
Calling a method starts downloading and starting an infostealer script


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


Campaign: 2025-08-secmeasure


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - infostealer

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/secmeasure/MAL-2025-47452.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/secmeasure
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/secmeasure/MAL-2025-47452.json
- https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/malicious-pypi-packages-deliver-silentsync-rat
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q24-2rw5-6495

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.