asciitoart

GHSA-h76g-qf7q-595m

Malicious code in asciitoart (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.1`

## Source: kam193 (d91767b12efcd1ad71b86b8d6770f33ddd3f1bfdec795dc04fd1d743a63a4591)
Through an obscure way, one of the package files got overwritten by a remote obfuscated code, which appears to be an infostealer. After executing the malicious code, the package covers the tracks by overwriting all relevant code files.


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


Campaign: 2024-11-asn1tool


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


 - dependency-confusion


 - typosquatting


 - clones-real-package


 - infostealer

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/asciitoart/MAL-2026-2624.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/asciitoart
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/asciitoart/MAL-2026-2624.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h76g-qf7q-595m

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.1

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