initer

GHSA-p5j7-wgw6-qjqh

Malicious code in initer (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.2.1`

## Source: kam193 (d2aac1e40660cbe4323a93d03087f3b9a2d596a5dcfcf2bae3cb0a2ab37cf646)
File is designed to download, hide under system-like name, and run a remote executable, widely identified as malicious.


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


Campaign: 2025-05-pyiniter


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - infostealer


 - 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/initer/MAL-2025-6524.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/initer
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/initer/MAL-2025-6524.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file-analysis/M2YwMDg3ZDUyOWFlZjIxY2RlMTE2ODQwMmJmMmU2MDE6MTc0ODU2MTExMQ==
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/fbb53fbf45d3ec579d4273ae95e8c833f12d66a2111633d65edb1e42513addc6
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5j7-wgw6-qjqh

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.2.1

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