terminalbrush

GHSA-m6wf-4r77-5g2q

Malicious code in terminalbrush (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1`

## Source: kam193 (35e06fb41f9c1a4f082cf49a72dec89fc5b4d2f6580b97e527d291d50807b801)
Package downloads an executable, places it distinguished as a Python binary and starts it. At the time of analysis, the URL was no longer active, so it was not possible to confirm the exact behaviour.


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


Campaign: 2026-01-old-terminalbrush


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/terminalbrush/MAL-2026-444.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/terminalbrush
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/terminalbrush/MAL-2026-444.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m6wf-4r77-5g2q

Compromised versions (1)

= 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.