hijiko-pilaka

GHSA-fcjc-2jwg-j4pj

Malicious code in hijiko-pilaka (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (1ca95d97923a23c0fd145b6cc4def7910fa36f1b4c4e5e3cf40e5bab8c9e250d)
The package uses fake http-downloaded dependencies to track downloads, and has no other purpose.


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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: 2026-10-vacsdk


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/bbfcb8a6f8322e69057d1cc4e52a627c9b4bbda6/osv/malicious/pypi/hijiko-pilaka/MAL-2026-18111.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hijiko-pilaka
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/bbfcb8a6f8322e69057d1cc4e52a627c9b4bbda6/osv/malicious/pypi/hijiko-pilaka/MAL-2026-18111.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fcjc-2jwg-j4pj

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.