neuralforge-ml

GHSA-vcgm-q733-fjjc

Malicious code in neuralforge-ml (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.9.9`

## Source: kam193 (c0a68c3ef2f7680eab753f62cc1792ae7df68bb15400e09971cc9c34a444307b)
The package contains stub code only imitating real actions. Starting with version 0.9.9, the code contains exfiltration capability activated under specific conditions.


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


Campaign: 2026-05-neuralforge-ml


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - obfuscation

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/neuralforge-ml/MAL-2026-5090.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/neuralforge-ml
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/neuralforge-ml/MAL-2026-5090.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcgm-q733-fjjc

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.9.9

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