pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwareqtpv
GHSA-w9r2-3pp6-m68x
Malicious code in qtpv (PyPI)
Details
**Severity:** Critical **Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0` ## Source: kam193 (2e0cfa610f53699fb3d04d6296bf28540a6162be41a7268566e999b070b517a6) Importing the module starts exfiltration of ".session" files, which appear to be used at least by one Telegram library (https://docs.telethon.dev/en/stable/concepts/sessions.html#what-are-sessions) to store credentials --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-04-qtpv Reasons (based on the campaign): - files-exfiltration - target:telegram --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/qtpv/MAL-2025-191849.json)) **References:** - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/qtpv - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/qtpv/MAL-2025-191849.json - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9r2-3pp6-m68x
Compromised versions (1)
- = 0.1.0
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.