getpublicip

GHSA-9mv8-cgmm-vgf2

Malicious code in getpublicip (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (041ba7130d1460fe6480d062c61c78db3b88cc5c6d060913d0501fdbdc7c35b0)
If installed using source package, the package collects selected environment variables, including GITHUB_TOKEN if set, and sends to an external service. The package doesn't hide its actions at all, but there are already multiple different packages with the same code.


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


Campaign: 2025-01-markitanalysis


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - exfiltration-env-variables

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/getpublicip/MAL-2025-191738.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/getpublicip
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/getpublicip/MAL-2025-191738.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mv8-cgmm-vgf2

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.1

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