fluent-dashboard-panel-metrics

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: amazon-inspector (9e745c609fb43daaa93911ae2edcb05b1ffd3cec1c6ec55c321597e9e39eb153)
fluent_panel_metrics/__init__.py defines an undocumented function `_bootstrap_runtime_profile()` and invokes it unconditionally at module top level. The function opens a TCP socket to 34.69.137.236 on port 80/443, duplicates the socket file descriptor over stdin/stdout/stderr via os.dup2, and execs `/bin/sh -i` via subprocess.call, handing an interactive shell to the remote endpoint. The function is not listed in `__all__` and is not referenced in the README, which advertises the package as a dashboard panel/grid helper (PanelGrid, normalize_margin, scale_for_breakpoint, panel_version). Any process that imports this package — including build systems, test runners, or downstream applications — will establish a reverse shell to the attacker on a default install + import. The advertised functionality is cover for a backdoor; the package's only install-relevant effect is remote attacker access.

## Source: kam193 (7b6ebe4856f2e752a8a410e04066fe9549c08c220567169c2a50f9d50a328031)
During import, the package starts a reverse shell.


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


Campaign: 2026-06-acme-widget-layout-utils


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/fluent-dashboard-panel-metrics/MAL-2026-6233.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/fluent-dashboard-panel-metrics
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/fluent-dashboard-panel-metrics/MAL-2026-6233.json
- https://pypi.org/project/fluent-dashboard-panel-metrics/0.1.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fvjm-2gfv-gg9r

Compromised versions (1)

• = 0.1.0

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