sqiul83

GHSA-9496-fr2w-wvg6

Malicious code in sqiul83 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0`

## Source: kam193 (67d309c2d4c740426c07cc17768f6313eebd765242e7e4a63aa04213d21358ea)
During installation of the source package, it attempts to silently download and start a remote executable. At the time of analysis, the downloading link did not work.


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


Campaign: 2025-06-sqiul83


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/sqiul83/MAL-2025-6596.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/sqiul83
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/sqiul83/MAL-2025-6596.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9496-fr2w-wvg6

Compromised versions (1)

= 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.