program-admin

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (79810d0cd56c8a3266dcbe5827dd3d27eb976b353c7b17940a29dddc602df4f7)
Packages that seem to be created by a legit bug bounty hunter. Designed to look like created by different organisations, they contain a couple of data exfiltration (including all env variables) and potential remote code execution (though the URL seems not to serve any code).


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


Campaign: 2025-05-sl4x01


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.


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - impersonation

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (21aafd5a731c66af3cff57a98bb892d950cddfafcd204ecc3e41c0a0f3de3864)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'program-admin' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/program-admin/MAL-2025-3744.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/program-admin
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/program-admin/MAL-2025-3744.json
- https://github.com/sl4x0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vrxr-cf99-qvw4

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.