rtxt-dep4

GHSA-w8g4-h38v-pmj3

Malicious code in rtxt-dep4 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 3.3.7`

## Source: kam193 (927a9dbf7483280f63719ca53cf98986f15e2244e8108ae037557ab2d728de75)
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/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/rtxt-dep4/MAL-2025-41756.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/rtxt-dep4
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/rtxt-dep4/MAL-2025-41756.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8g4-h38v-pmj3

Compromised versions (1)

= 3.3.7

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