coolpackage2323

GHSA-fprh-4jjr-qpqp

Malicious code in coolpackage2323 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (dfe85cdb01cd65f379803d150e3cd9142774bda4f802120401655f71b5b7a907)
During installation and importing the module, the package silently downloads malware


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


Campaign: 2026-01-coolpackage2323


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - malware

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/coolpackage2323/MAL-2026-376.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/coolpackage2323
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/coolpackage2323/MAL-2026-376.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/87304b42c698bfba120c67d62e9aca6ebde5cfc3dc5dc52475a2e67cea239fde?nocache=1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fprh-4jjr-qpqp

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.