iwantsafecheckit

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (c982c88e841ae349f894f45b27e07f7154a252963ec05ff8e9536f46102e6ecf)
During installation the package downloads and installs two executables identified as backdoors trojans.


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


Campaign: 2026-03-thisismytest123


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - backdoor


 - malware

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (388915d99ad3e370a59631112b6a0b784801e257e13f0f9855a2a340c4f068f0)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'iwantsafecheckit' @ 2.0.0 (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/iwantsafecheckit/MAL-2026-2290.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/iwantsafecheckit
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/iwantsafecheckit/MAL-2026-2290.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/28d6c2c26ed631981fc9575a452b45b8b741d172769d5d8366a4269536236ab3/detection
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d06d2288d3aa76675947137279e6db4d5a31d3ab3a46720d15df4c4d2d52b9d3/detection
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7cpf-rvgg-qg49

Compromised versions (1)

• = 2.0.0

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