stats-helpers

GHSA-mxgm-qvh4-hm54

Malicious code in stats-helpers (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (0325e0cf1dadfad7387e0814c62942c6d4d80373ce116234fcf4f5450d434570)
During importing, the package exfiltrates sensitive crypt-related environment variables to a remote location


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


Campaign: 2026-03-stats-helpers


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - crypto-related


 - exfiltration-crypto

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/stats-helpers/MAL-2026-2139.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/stats-helpers
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/stats-helpers/MAL-2026-2139.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mxgm-qvh4-hm54

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.