platform-telemetry-client

GHSA-7767-763c-fxp3

Malicious code in platform-telemetry-client (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (7464733f1d7353ae3aa3c9da2c60116c92298bfd84c94a6cba4e5f423cb0a0eb)
The package contains PTH file triggering the loader on every Python initialization. The loader tries to download next stage payload stored in chunks in DNS records. During analysis, the intended domain was not yet registered. The chosen name suggests relation to the campaign 2026-09-openaii.


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


Campaign: 2026-09-platform-telemetry-client


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - abuses-pth


 - data-stored-in-dns


 - obfuscation

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/7384ef2e7b6e26d283a5660ca43c3c3836b117a8/osv/malicious/pypi/platform-telemetry-client/MAL-2026-16141.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/platform-telemetry-client
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/7384ef2e7b6e26d283a5660ca43c3c3836b117a8/osv/malicious/pypi/platform-telemetry-client/MAL-2026-16141.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7767-763c-fxp3

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.