rasterkit

GHSA-wmxc-7g2j-3pcp

Malicious code in rasterkit (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (a6eea31746baa37e55a76fec564eda1852839be005d53ae1e24bf2b9ea4c7875)
This package is a clone of Pillow library with malicious code hidden in an image using steganography. The code is the used in a dependant package to install an SSH backdoor.


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


Campaign: 2026-06-textwrap-toolkit-stager


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - backdoor


 - obfuscation


 - crypto-related


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - exfiltration-crypto

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/rasterkit/MAL-2026-10974.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/rasterkit
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/rasterkit/MAL-2026-10974.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wmxc-7g2j-3pcp

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.0

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