robase-install

GHSA-qpq4-xfh6-7cm9

Malicious code in robase-install (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (e1076baa8ca4cabd7ae4b1caafa04658a6f7a1c80f52d25de958412ec5d11661)
The package is part of a malicious campaign, but was removed before the malicious code got embedded inside.


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


Campaign: 2026-03-roboat-addition


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package


 - malware


 - clones-real-package

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/robase-install/MAL-2026-2625.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/Addi9000/roboat/commit/331166c8ea3bd080f08fe6d571202e3b47017ed7
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/robase-install
- https://github.com/Addi9000
- https://github.com/Addi9000/roboat/blob/331166c8ea3bd080f08fe6d571202e3b47017ed7/README.md#L31
- https://github.com/RoCruise
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/robase-install/MAL-2026-2625.json
- https://www.roboat.pro
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/48b108261d5de97a42eff81cf1a60a32286f72bf8b5f130959e0daa86b783608

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.1.0

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