security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303

GHSA-9qvj-cj8j-4c9v

Malicious code in security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (c7f807a5943ac03cda3bdddc675ad3192d210e1f0ba1300959feff5d1d29c915)
The package is most likely a reconnaissance of a shared infrastructure, collecting potentially sensitive data from cloud endpoints, activated via a PTH file on every Python loading. Collected data are stored in a local filesystem, suggesting the operator has to have some degree of control of the environment.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-omeraf


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-cloud-tokens


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - other


 - abuses-pth

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/59e4e5676e5edbd69ca18ce833ed094532cdb59d/osv/malicious/pypi/security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303/MAL-2026-18098.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/59e4e5676e5edbd69ca18ce833ed094532cdb59d/osv/malicious/pypi/security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303/MAL-2026-18098.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qvj-cj8j-4c9v

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.