facewareretargeter

GHSA-729h-8p7j-mwj4

Malicious code in facewareretargeter (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 9.9.9`

## Source: kam193 (3d3c954fb5fd6d1ddfc1d5e22129468136fb43fe78c6d69f0df134925b6a8b08)
The package uses fake http-downloaded dependencies to track downloads, and 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: 2026-10-vacsdk


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - dependency-confusion

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/bbfcb8a6f8322e69057d1cc4e52a627c9b4bbda6/osv/malicious/pypi/facewareretargeter/MAL-2026-18110.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/facewareretargeter
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/bbfcb8a6f8322e69057d1cc4e52a627c9b4bbda6/osv/malicious/pypi/facewareretargeter/MAL-2026-18110.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/f17c406fb7ee5243da902499814340765fd9b86a/osv/malicious/pypi/facewareretargeter/MAL-2026-18110.json
- https://pypi.org/project/facewareretargeter/9.9.9
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-729h-8p7j-mwj4

Compromised versions (1)

= 9.9.9

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