enquiry-exam

GHSA-j578-4mwg-8m82

Malicious code in enquiry-exam (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 999.999.999`

## Source: kam193 (590114fe4174abb1ff72c06bf128aef53bd76a67eaeca5d5e891be001f6b0c17)
Package contains a reverse shell.


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


Campaign: 2025-03-certifications


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.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/enquiry-exam/MAL-2025-2957.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/enquiry-exam
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/enquiry-exam/MAL-2025-2957.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j578-4mwg-8m82

Compromised versions (1)

= 999.999.999

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