speed-testing-vps

GHSA-v4rc-wr77-2mjp

Malicious code in speed-testing-vps (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.2`

## Source: kam193 (227b3ee25e084b57a160b7287f80a8ab8da0559184c81b5e9cae1d03941ca51b)
The package, distinguished as a speed testing or typosquatted Telegram library, contains a Telegram bot to perform remote control of the computer


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


Campaign: 2025-10-speedd-testing-bot


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - typosquatting

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/speed-testing-vps/MAL-2025-191875.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/speed-testing-vps
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/speed-testing-vps/MAL-2025-191875.json
- https://www.getsafety.com/blog-posts/telegrem-bot-malware
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v4rc-wr77-2mjp

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.2

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