quickcolors

GHSA-rvfw-v7c7-3496

Malicious code in quickcolors (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 10.0.9`

## Source: kam193 (05deb6781dc1a1781e9a811200127704052a70029ade2a3e97f2c010d9453fc2)
Importing the module starts a code that exfiltrates data from local Telegram application


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


Campaign: 2025-03-quicolor


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/quickcolors/MAL-2025-3461.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/quickcolors
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/quickcolors/MAL-2025-3461.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvfw-v7c7-3496

Compromised versions (1)

= 10.0.9

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