kdewebhelper

GHSA-c697-q7wv-j7wx

Malicious code in kdewebhelper (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.5.0`

## Source: kam193 (da8701a407522875f63d2aaa28d27194fe8e2faa4d7782fd66639f224ae62dcd)
Importing the module connects to a Telegram bot and provides its operator with abilities to execute commands, exfiltrate and encrypt data. The target group seems to be KDE developers, according to the package description


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


Campaign: 2025-11-kdewebhelper


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic


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


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - rat

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/kdewebhelper/MAL-2025-191772.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/kdewebhelper
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/kdewebhelper/MAL-2025-191772.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c697-q7wv-j7wx

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.5.0

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