netbenchkit

GHSA-c5gq-7334-gvpw

Malicious code in netbenchkit (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.2`

## Source: kam193 (fa328b263fd5f17449e326d05af9a5849a25d6c028d092e586097e95c4e1db59)
Package imports and executes malicious synium package


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


Campaign: 2025-12-synium


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - exfiltration-generic

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/netbenchkit/MAL-2025-192437.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/netbenchkit
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/netbenchkit/MAL-2025-192437.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c5gq-7334-gvpw

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.2

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