private-evolution

GHSA-r2qp-vj69-292w

Malicious code in private-evolution (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (b0fcdd3ad61af1881ab9e5e8b9fb871a0e142868c0be585594fcd32b5f069f6c)
Package is just calling home and there is no other purpose


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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: 2025-09-unicore


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - other

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/private-evolution/MAL-2025-191817.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/private-evolution
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/private-evolution/MAL-2025-191817.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r2qp-vj69-292w

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.