config-toolkit

GHSA-92mc-8rp5-v7qm

Malicious code in config-toolkit (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.11`

## Source: kam193 (f672e0a6f875d710a8851da211ff30828bda3755c9f9aebcb56fd0430b134ae5)
During installation, package installs a script that listens for remote commands and executes them. The script is also added to autostart configuration and disguised as system application


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


Campaign: 2026-02-devtools-webhook-cicd-utils


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - peristence-autorun


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.


 - obfuscation

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/config-toolkit/MAL-2026-855.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/config-toolkit
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/config-toolkit/MAL-2026-855.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-92mc-8rp5-v7qm

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.11

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