kraken-trader

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (4bf5ec6e8a6020de1e122cf07f2dde0f02fa1a484ff984586db379729da75523)
The package is a loader of malicious code disguised as remote "credits" code. The remote location, built from the parts in the code, delivers highly obfuscated JavaScript code that could be executed by the node.js runner embeded in the package. While all parts are in the package, it lacks the triggering code. As per Socket.dev attribution, it's a dependency used in North Korean fake interviews campaign.


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


Campaign: 2026-04-kraken-trader


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - crypto-related


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/kraken-trader/MAL-2026-2517.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/kraken-trader
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/kraken-trader/MAL-2026-2517.json
- https://socket.dev/pypi/package/kraken-trader/overview/1.0.1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f2qf-942p-x6p7

Compromised versions (1)

• = 1.0.0

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