consolecolornew

GHSA-7ww6-7qq3-3mw6

Malicious code in consolecolornew (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.6`

## Source: kam193 (a54001c8462b9c69251a199f4e782ad084ccd11ad435aa785443af2590dc0f02)
If used, the code attempts to take a photo using the computer's camera and exfiltrates it


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


Campaign: 2025-09-consolecolornew


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - other

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/consolecolornew/MAL-2025-47754.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/consolecolornew
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/consolecolornew/MAL-2025-47754.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7ww6-7qq3-3mw6

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.6

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