coloraiz

GHSA-wpvj-gcr7-w4cr

Malicious code in coloraiz (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (dc4606b3e3f05632a889906f4c259e329a08308382fbc27329752eb8ea6a6c3c)
The package imitates colorama, and places a proxy object over the original colorama module that on every usage executes a remote code. The remote script installs a backdoor through legitimate tunnelling software and upload access credentials to the attacker.


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


Campaign: 2025-05-coloraiz


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - impersonation


 - clones-real-package


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - backdoor


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/coloraiz/MAL-2025-5102.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/coloraiz
- https://checkmarx.com/zero-post/python-pypi-supply-chain-attack-colorama
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/coloraiz/MAL-2025-5102.json
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-COLORAIZ-10305008
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wpvj-gcr7-w4cr

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.1

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