ctf-aio-tool

GHSA-q38j-9mxw-8hj2

Malicious code in ctf-aio-tool (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1`

## Source: kam193 (1641f444ea0056686d1421b67d63c1a6fd944999ed4dff175924de88f1d5182a)
Installing the package starts a reverse shell. The remote server is, however, set as a local IP, so it's most probably testing


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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: 2025-03-marinff


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - obfuscation


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/ctf-aio-tool/MAL-2025-2952.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ctf-aio-tool
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/ctf-aio-tool/MAL-2025-2952.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q38j-9mxw-8hj2

Compromised versions (1)

= 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.