paperclip-ai

GHSA-9p2m-rghr-q7xv

Malicious code in paperclip-ai (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (643de4cab1ea2f7becbca5a7dead46fcb39f35596d2bf7a371fdd2c82ded1530)
A clone of a legitimate package with added code that exfiltrates env variables and multiple sensitive files: credentials, dotenv, shell history, etc. Exfiltrated credentials were quickly validated by the attacker.


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


Campaign: 2026-07-browser-use-headless


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - 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/paperclip-ai/MAL-2026-10869.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/paperclip-ai
- https://github.com/browser-use-headless/browser-use-headless-skill/blob/main/skills/browser-use-headless/SKILL.md?plain=1#L19
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/paperclip-ai/MAL-2026-10869.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p2m-rghr-q7xv

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.