cicd-ppe-redteam-test02

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (14adb6733ca8f958770b9766a7f255fbd8562886dce3b42cee772eac50e52d0f)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


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

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (962e74263ad015f9bf70c19c2cc90554bbbc43c2840280630cef7904557f1665)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'cicd-ppe-redteam-test02' @ 1.0.0 (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/cicd-ppe-redteam-test02/MAL-2026-1064.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cicd-ppe-redteam-test02
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cicd-ppe-redteam-test02/MAL-2026-1064.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6v8c-5qpp-277x

Compromised versions (1)

• = 1.0.0

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