cubesat-upstream-driver

GHSA-xjgc-gwrp-p632

Malicious code in cubesat-upstream-driver (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (d669fdf7584f17d952cec3ed432bdb8f07672b43c3bc42ae68aa2d042d51481b)
Package appears to abuse PyPI for a CTF-like exercise. It can collect up to all environment variables. The package does not exfiltrate them on its own, suggesting there is another external trigger for that.

Originally detected by Aikido.


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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: 2026-08-cubesat-upstream-driver


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - dependency-confusion


 - other

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/2a22615ac6428ba113d272a5d5d1fed762fca6b0/osv/malicious/pypi/cubesat-upstream-driver/MAL-2026-13666.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cubesat-upstream-driver
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/2a22615ac6428ba113d272a5d5d1fed762fca6b0/osv/malicious/pypi/cubesat-upstream-driver/MAL-2026-13666.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/b1966306afff463429f56addf0c4c7bbd19790e4/osv/malicious/pypi/cubesat-upstream-driver/MAL-2026-13666.json
- https://pypi.org/project/cubesat-upstream-driver/1.0.1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xjgc-gwrp-p632

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.