licloud

GHSA-gwqx-5242-h5mw

Malicious code in licloud (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.2.7a0`

## Source: kam193 (5e2bddcfca980297be9856fbbc3eeab78253c51efe034bd92b9e8b52ed9aacc6)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package 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: 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.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/42686295f083d266ad87971ccaaa7c8b73b81fda/osv/malicious/pypi/licloud/MAL-2026-16219.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/licloud
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/42686295f083d266ad87971ccaaa7c8b73b81fda/osv/malicious/pypi/licloud/MAL-2026-16219.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/bdb777552570624b1cac8f6f1e70a33ba906d6c1/osv/malicious/pypi/licloud/MAL-2026-16219.json
- https://pypi.org/project/licloud/0.2.7a0
- https://pypi.org/project/licloud/0.2.8
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gwqx-5242-h5mw

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.2.7a0

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