pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwarecicd-ppe-redteam-test01
GHSA-m8vc-x4hj-mv3v
Malicious code in cicd-ppe-redteam-test01 (PyPI)
Details
**Severity:** Critical **Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0` ## Source: kam193 (5ff0b643e9e96817244b6499fdbcfd26b6c26cf366980909a6461e4c15b389fd) Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose. --- Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities. Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. ## Source: ossf-package-analysis (33ee15b02a40b0347b3656c4b4fe15fc454e8a181e91fd89f6639fb805a4bb90) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'cicd-ppe-redteam-test01' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity. --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cicd-ppe-redteam-test01/MAL-2026-1063.json)) **References:** - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cicd-ppe-redteam-test01 - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cicd-ppe-redteam-test01/MAL-2026-1063.json - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m8vc-x4hj-mv3v
Compromised versions (1)
- = 1.0.0
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.