VYPR

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

atlassian-praz

GHSA-rm39-q88c-hmjf

Malicious code in atlassian-praz (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 99.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (06798e3c48471c4e66160030618f78c51d71d2a7660c5545648cf7902b3eecd4)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has 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: 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.

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (830a1eb30542a1a584f343a3e033fdff562710bdd4c1e7702a9e368f1111123d)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'atlassian-praz' @ 99.0.0 (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/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/atlassian-praz/MAL-2025-191476.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/atlassian-praz
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/atlassian-praz/MAL-2025-191476.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rm39-q88c-hmjf

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 99.0.0

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