aiohttp-openssl

GHSA-rww9-xj26-c4c8

Malicious code in aiohttp-openssl (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 3.13.1`

## Source: kam193 (67b219a81e6b2dd7db78b4b223da914ee7baefd0ab056940d3af0bc3b47846a0)
Packages silently decrypt content hidden in a dependency and load them as Python extension modules. 

In the first wave, those are copies of legitimate aiohttp and aiohappyeyeballs packages.
In the second wave, malicious packages created good-looking forks of legitimate rich and pigments packages.


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


Campaign: 2025-10-asynhttp


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - exfiltration-generic


 - obfuscation


 - clones-real-package


 - native-extension

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/aiohttp-openssl/MAL-2025-191617.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/aiohttp-openssl
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/aiohttp-openssl/MAL-2025-191617.json
- https://www.cert.at/en/blog/2025/10/how-typosquatting-tricked-me-a-bit
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rww9-xj26-c4c8

Compromised versions (1)

= 3.13.1

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