formater

GHSA-q5gg-xc96-g2xh

Malicious code in formater (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (71f6a751b5ff98dceeee5863086a2d9988640b93d96ccef9d50fb0d0d1dd116c)
During importing the package automatically downloads a script that uses a Telegram bot to perform remote control over the computer


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


Campaign: 2025-10-speedd-testing-bot


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - rat

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/formater/MAL-2026-237.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/formater
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/formater/MAL-2026-237.json
- https://www.getsafety.com/blog-posts/telegrem-bot-malware
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q5gg-xc96-g2xh

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.