color-list

GHSA-vh9c-674h-mx34

Malicious code in color-list (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (86ffbba2d1825f76d4c2baa6a8b7ecbe85514239934a3d7903745d17d4baf704)
Malicious code hidden in the color-list package uses the presence of pretty-tabulate as a trigger to load code hidden in likely a third malicious package. Packages were published simultaneously by two accounts not used for about a year, suggesting hijacked access.


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


Campaign: 2026-03-color-list


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package


 - 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/color-list/MAL-2026-1479.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/color-list
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/color-list/MAL-2026-1479.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vh9c-674h-mx34

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.1

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