emd-ext

GHSA-q84p-wc39-cjf9

Malicious code in emd-ext (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (8533b4542459021adb6dac35adcdda6eac7103c09dc091b7699c72d1d16101e2)
Dependency confusion attempt. The user identifies themselves as a HackerOne user abusing the PyPI for the purpose of a bug bounty program. This package did not contain any exfiltration activity.


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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: GENERIC-hackerone-bugbounty


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.


 - dependency-confusion

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/emd-ext/MAL-2026-2532.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/emd-ext
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/emd-ext/MAL-2026-2532.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q84p-wc39-cjf9

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.