consolergbcolor

GHSA-v5m7-x92r-3j5m

Malicious code in consolergbcolor (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (04beefffad3b4018eda21173a10a1dbebd8127bd9870d86e31894c6be592e107)
If used, the code attempts to take a photo using the computer's camera and exfiltrates it


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


Campaign: 2025-09-consolecolornew


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - other

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/consolergbcolor/MAL-2025-48888.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/consolergbcolor
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/consolergbcolor/MAL-2025-48888.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v5m7-x92r-3j5m

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.1

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