pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwareacpi-tables
GHSA-qgc4-gm3p-6fm5
Malicious code in acpi-tables (PyPI)
Details
**Severity:** Critical **Affected versions:** `= 1.0.9` ## Source: kam193 (7388183e13e400f894ed9f6f93e05049f6f4719b1610d7c26a8b52bf88901266) Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose. --- 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-standard-pypi-install-pentest 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. - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/752e8a991f186423e3415980200bebfec22d1070/osv/malicious/pypi/acpi-tables/MAL-2026-876.json)) **References:** - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/acpi-tables - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/752e8a991f186423e3415980200bebfec22d1070/osv/malicious/pypi/acpi-tables/MAL-2026-876.json - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/acpi-tables/MAL-2026-876.json - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qgc4-gm3p-6fm5
Compromised versions (1)
- = 1.0.9
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.