cat-admin-tool

GHSA-vv44-j5c8-7fmf

Malicious code in cat-admin-tool (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 9.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (34286533490c9ad41743b1eea6659d9c4fd3e62d1a830658b90840f3c49a6c8c)
Obfuscated code is used to hide exfiltration of basic data (hostname, etc.).


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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: 2026-02-zabitmajeed00


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


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


 - dependency-confusion

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cat-admin-tool/MAL-2026-651.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cat-admin-tool
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cat-admin-tool/MAL-2026-651.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vv44-j5c8-7fmf

Compromised versions (1)

= 9.1.0

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