cffi-curl

GHSA-7xf2-f6hm-pv6j

Malicious code in cffi-curl (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.13.0`

## Source: kam193 (1bdc2d55f462ed9009995743e5bc50ed10641cffa24d5b16606e3a479fffae10)
Malicious clone of a legitimate package "curl-cffi". When importing the module, it runs an obfuscated PowerShell command


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


Campaign: 2025-08-cffi-curl


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - obfuscation


 - malware


 - clones-real-package

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cffi-curl/MAL-2025-47752.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cffi-curl
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cffi-curl/MAL-2025-47752.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7xf2-f6hm-pv6j

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.13.0

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