pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwarecicibot-fix-message-naming
GHSA-h8qq-8f4f-33jf
Malicious code in cicibot-fix-message-naming (PyPI)
Details
**Severity:** Critical **Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1` ## Source: kam193 (7fb20d1d9da8ede0270346034bb6fdca56ef578e35a73b4cb0301664ab4a27ab) Importing the module starts a reverse shell --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-02-cicibot-fix-message-naming Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine. ## Source: ossf-package-analysis (d90c985621252f6a8359b5fb8924d30a8541213ba43ddaac7c9215b7b22fe195) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'cicibot-fix-message-naming' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior. --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cicibot-fix-message-naming/MAL-2026-921.json)) **References:** - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cicibot-fix-message-naming - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cicibot-fix-message-naming/MAL-2026-921.json - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8qq-8f4f-33jf
Compromised versions (1)
- = 0.0.1
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.