pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwareasdk-plugin-alphagen
GHSA-p292-pv53-3p47
Malicious code in asdk-plugin-alphagen (PyPI)
Details
**Severity:** Critical **Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1` ## Source: kam193 (d3479f5a67e780468835828895609215d82aa5a273dfc152e4bae5a12f21a245) 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 (f6374657adeacc8c32b7973bed105f6733f6cb8da7c9ec7c62eba4804c5fa0d1) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'asdk-plugin-alphagen' @ 9999.0.0 (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/50db31069e047957056e404eba1a17fedf101557/osv/malicious/pypi/asdk-plugin-alphagen/MAL-2026-11422.json)) **References:** - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/asdk-plugin-alphagen - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/50db31069e047957056e404eba1a17fedf101557/osv/malicious/pypi/asdk-plugin-alphagen/MAL-2026-11422.json - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p292-pv53-3p47
Compromised versions (1)
- = 0.0.1
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.