pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwaremistral-workflows-plugins-mistralai
GHSA-g5mv-8qpx-9g9c
Malicious code in mistral-workflows-plugins-mistralai (PyPI)
Details
**Severity:** Critical **Affected versions:** `= 999.0.0` ## Source: kam193 (012c4d9df9467f9847a67be15a746ea186f36d3310d278ca9409d531f5026e12) Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose. --- 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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. ## Source: ossf-package-analysis (4194dd6dbbb06108aac5ed60be87c82d5b64f6a1780ba5e48e84d428b453a637) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'mistral-workflows-plugins-mistralai' @ 999.0.0 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity. --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/mistral-workflows-plugins-mistralai/MAL-2026-4354.json)) **References:** - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mistral-workflows-plugins-mistralai - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/mistral-workflows-plugins-mistralai/MAL-2026-4354.json - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g5mv-8qpx-9g9c
Compromised versions (1)
- = 999.0.0
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.