aliyun-ai-labs-snippets-sdk

GHSA-h2hq-rx46-w278

Malicious code in aliyun-ai-labs-snippets-sdk (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (459b9313aa2d453392e97f619a0ffb2898c3b90700e72dcb2cde4d1a1b97b1ac)
During the importing, it loads a file pretending to an AI model. This file contains pickle-serialized code that exfiltrates data (basic IP/username info, as well as .gitconfig) to a remote target.


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


Campaign: 2025-05-ai-labs-snippets-sdk


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.


 - exfiltration-generic


 - impersonation

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/aliyun-ai-labs-snippets-sdk/MAL-2025-5096.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/aliyun-ai-labs-snippets-sdk
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/aliyun-ai-labs-snippets-sdk/MAL-2025-5096.json
- https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/malicious-attack-method-on-hosted-ml-models-now-targets-pypi
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h2hq-rx46-w278

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.