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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

awsglueml

GHSA-9xgm-fvhp-84pf

Malicious code in awsglueml (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 6.1.4`

## Source: kam193 (8a7eb55169fa28d500f750382641170b6a921f1ebca4e715a10d33b05ff78f8b)
This is a couple of packages with names appearing to be a library for an AWS or other service. Their only behaviour is to call home on installation or import


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: 2025-01-aws-glue


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - dependency-confusion

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/awsglueml/MAL-2025-2942.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/awsglueml
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/awsglueml/MAL-2025-2942.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9xgm-fvhp-84pf

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 6.1.4

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