tensorflowlitex

GHSA-p93f-222g-hq3x

Malicious code in tensorflowlitex (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.7`

## Source: kam193 (c4b20463291f0bcc715ff6daffb6b2cc258096921b2aaf2a0b9bf96947b49b46)
Importing the module (__init__.py) starts downloading and executing a remote exectuable, which has been identified by any.run and tria.ge as a malicious infostealer


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


Campaign: 2025-04-tensorflowlitex


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - exfiltration-browser-data


 - infostealer


 - malware


 - typosquatting

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/tensorflowlitex/MAL-2025-191890.json))

**References:**
- https://app.any.run/tasks/873a1b14-7bab-4d85-bcc0-b7bd281d9640
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tensorflowlitex
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/tensorflowlitex/MAL-2025-191890.json
- https://tria.ge/250425-nqzrrssxht
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p93f-222g-hq3x

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.7

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