pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwaremistral-search-toolkit
GHSA-x4r3-59hf-8qcj
Malicious code in mistral-search-toolkit (PyPI)
Details
**Severity:** Critical **Affected versions:** `= 999.0.0` ## Source: kam193 (4f3c615d5d39af7634550be88e5630a25b7a3dbd5bd2a8717cb01f07f06a5cd2) Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose. --- 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. --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/mistral-search-toolkit/MAL-2026-4358.json)) **References:** - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mistral-search-toolkit - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/mistral-search-toolkit/MAL-2026-4358.json - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4r3-59hf-8qcj
Compromised versions (1)
- = 999.0.0
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.