dial-xl

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (129b71dc44955e560cd56ff53e0be19aced751699016fa96cb04ee75d2e76e3b)
Packages that seem to be created by a legit bug bounty hunter. Designed to look like created by different organisations, they contain a couple of data exfiltration (including all env variables) and potential remote code execution (though the URL seems not to serve any code).


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


Campaign: 2025-05-sl4x01


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.


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - impersonation

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (0febe63d78b1149e91af60c89ae73e492d43cb35f04dc6aaee2c4048987081a9)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'dial-xl' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/dial-xl/MAL-2025-3741.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/dial-xl
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/dial-xl/MAL-2025-3741.json
- https://github.com/sl4x0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-78c3-vw99-h73h

Compromised versions (1)

• = 0.0.1

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