alibabacloud-code-tool

GHSA-hrc5-m3ch-35jq

Malicious code in alibabacloud-code-tool (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (5e4d81a71d0710ac3618ec41e8027ee6a96ae9845ca67b33b950c8d99d8d2e8a)
This package impersonates Alibaba Cloud account and contains highly obfuscated code.


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


Campaign: 2026-02-alibabacloude


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - impersonation


 - obfuscation

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/alibabacloud-code-tool/MAL-2026-915.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/alibabacloud-code-tool
- https://github.com/kam193/package-campaigns/blob/97de615c16496639c059ee2f62c5dd7d88ac06eb/pypi/packages/malicious/osv/alibabacloude.json#L3
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/alibabacloud-code-tool/MAL-2026-915.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrc5-m3ch-35jq

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.0.0

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