colorinsa

GHSA-j53j-c6h3-f833

Malicious code in colorinsa (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (ea605189c0cea53175b8c70e9163dcc15333629a93b9ea991d154486c931950c)
Using the color function triggers attempts to exfiltrate browsers data


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


Campaign: 2025-04-colorinsa


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - exfiltration-browser-data


 - exfiltration-generic


 - typosquatting

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/colorinsa/MAL-2025-3442.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/colorinsa
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/colorinsa/MAL-2025-3442.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j53j-c6h3-f833

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.