colorss

GHSA-rpr5-8mhq-8c53

Malicious code in colorss (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (de8be235bf17ee738265f4a0254263fc0caeefa1f9228c9f6f122dfd7b2fac2d)
Package silently executes in background a remote script. During the analysis, the script was not accessible


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


Campaign: 2026-02-colorss


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/colorss/MAL-2026-619.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/colorss
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/colorss/MAL-2026-619.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpr5-8mhq-8c53

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

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