tallyboxlite

GHSA-x92w-4wvc-qx2w

Malicious code in tallyboxlite (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0`

## Source: kam193 (960a6b94c28c7be92373f0f2125106f8e6d0d500a5ca3988292e2bd7e189033c)
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/c8b3fb015a833d20578ad6b0f98512b3be5391fd/osv/malicious/pypi/tallyboxlite/MAL-2026-15809.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tallyboxlite
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/c8b3fb015a833d20578ad6b0f98512b3be5391fd/osv/malicious/pypi/tallyboxlite/MAL-2026-15809.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x92w-4wvc-qx2w

Compromised versions (1)

= 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.