telstra

GHSA-mwmx-7xrx-6cjm

Malicious code in telstra (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (e6ff467569b104f23ebbdc6ef58dec14795aaf14548185bd3b31886ecd9b8003)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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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 (927c85adbb012ce48d49fb1db49c7746ef98eb5463f3c56bc27c8d96532ff487)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'telstra' @ 2.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/telstra/MAL-2026-31.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/telstra
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/telstra/MAL-2026-31.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwmx-7xrx-6cjm

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.0.1

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