utilitypyfunc

GHSA-9q5x-2qw3-55c3

Malicious code in utilitypyfunc (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (2aaf64ae76493cf55c8b9e418bc3408f9e309b5c6a590a2ad528beb5ae8dbcc0)
Importing the package starts the thread that gets and executes code from the remote server. The package description suggests a rather spam than malicious intentions.


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


Campaign: 2024-12-utilitypyfunc


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/utilitypyfunc/MAL-2025-999.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/utilitypyfunc
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/utilitypyfunc/MAL-2025-999.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9q5x-2qw3-55c3

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.