kafka-helmsman

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 99.0.1`

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (a2d266a2b4e9df8f2466cfb34e58fe98c636cb75d4ad1ec08cee919bd9a86588)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'kafka-helmsman' @ 99.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/e7be2f14c238c870f8e85a6fa37eec0e5c667710/osv/malicious/pypi/kafka-helmsman/MAL-2026-17702.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/e7be2f14c238c870f8e85a6fa37eec0e5c667710/osv/malicious/pypi/kafka-helmsman/MAL-2026-17702.json
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/kafka-helmsman
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/3dfd8149fabe649dae932bf4976ba11a2cd6ef28/osv/malicious/pypi/kafka-helmsman/MAL-2026-17702.json
- https://pypi.org/project/kafka-helmsman/99.0.1
- https://pypi.org/project/kafka-helmsman/99.0.2
- https://pypi.org/project/kafka-helmsman/99.0.3
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/a353ed0269303b1ec6f6ba0105fd5101909bff52/osv/malicious/pypi/kafka-helmsman/MAL-2026-17702.json
- https://pypi.org/project/kafka-helmsman/99.0.4

Compromised versions (1)

• = 99.0.1

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