neov

GHSA-7vrf-xwvf-qjwj

Malicious code in neov (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (0c9e3f275318dc63c36dbc902dfd73c0b3aa4fa830d114c0833ed8d24258d9b0)
Importing the module starts exfiltration of ".session" files, which appear to be used at least by one Telegram library (https://docs.telethon.dev/en/stable/concepts/sessions.html#what-are-sessions) to store credentials


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


Campaign: 2025-04-qtpv


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - target:telegram

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/neov/MAL-2025-191801.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/neov
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/neov/MAL-2025-191801.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7vrf-xwvf-qjwj

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

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