research-probe-6150c1c915

GHSA-8pfm-r4v5-2f2g

Malicious code in research-probe-6150c1c915 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (a646eaf4fe72ba013abc53d52c0bf017a9c4f3bfc54a8c358f9f246d3ac41945)
The package is most likely a reconnaissance of a shared infrastructure, collecting potentially sensitive data from cloud endpoints, activated via a PTH file on every Python loading. Collected data are stored in a local filesystem, suggesting the operator has to have some degree of control of the environment.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-omeraf


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-cloud-tokens


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - other


 - abuses-pth

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/59e4e5676e5edbd69ca18ce833ed094532cdb59d/osv/malicious/pypi/research-probe-6150c1c915/MAL-2026-18097.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/research-probe-6150c1c915
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/59e4e5676e5edbd69ca18ce833ed094532cdb59d/osv/malicious/pypi/research-probe-6150c1c915/MAL-2026-18097.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8pfm-r4v5-2f2g

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.