kyleip

GHSA-7c88-56xr-62qm

Malicious code in kyleip (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.2`

## Source: kam193 (6a05611ec8862117c6403a4a06759ca56bf2922c2b142a4661b77fd214ef26be)
Package exploits dependency confusion. A beacon request is used to report usage back, but no additional information are exfiltrated.


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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-beacon-dependency-confusion


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - dependency-confusion

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/kyleip/MAL-2026-2698.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/kyleip
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/kyleip/MAL-2026-2698.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7c88-56xr-62qm

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.2

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