m5tlprovetomegz

GHSA-g756-4c83-x8qj

Malicious code in m5tlprovetomegz (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (41041b6e55e23e7b8d40be5bb95a75fdba5b64cb9524c86054deabcd2177e459)
Importing the module starts downloading and executing a file recognized as malicious by AVs


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


Campaign: 2025-07-m5tlprovetomegz


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - malware


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/m5tlprovetomegz/MAL-2025-41699.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/m5tlprovetomegz
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/m5tlprovetomegz/MAL-2025-41699.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g756-4c83-x8qj

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.