metrics-sdk

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 999.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (1378dcfc94bda0e9beb3e3d66c0588967a164741686ab473826fbab077e7afb9)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/10387e415911f6121af38b4930c6caa5216aa776/osv/malicious/pypi/metrics-sdk/MAL-2026-17194.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/metrics-sdk
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/10387e415911f6121af38b4930c6caa5216aa776/osv/malicious/pypi/metrics-sdk/MAL-2026-17194.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/8cc19dcd9afa4cab2621a91bf3ed70e4b2c14a5c/osv/malicious/pypi/metrics-sdk/MAL-2026-17194.json
- https://pypi.org/project/metrics_sdk/999.0.0
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/eaf07df0aa6e5ce857b4be22aa9b35e400e63a7b/osv/malicious/pypi/metrics-sdk/MAL-2026-17194.json
- https://pypi.org/project/metrics_sdk/1000.0.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcmr-hgqh-xrh3

Compromised versions (1)

• = 999.0.0

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