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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

richx

MAL-2025-191658

Malicious code in richx (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (924fa9cf3bc0754ab76a7b5960deb5b7295f4f0f3270cc5724214bdd7d543675)
Packages silently decrypt content hidden in a dependency and load them as Python extension modules. 

In the first wave, those are copies of legitimate aiohttp and aiohappyeyeballs packages.
In the second wave, malicious packages created good-looking forks of legitimate rich and pigments packages.


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


Campaign: 2025-10-asynhttp


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - exfiltration-generic


 - obfuscation


 - clones-real-package


 - native-extension

Compromised versions (4)

  • 0.1.0
  • 1.0.0
  • 1.1.0
  • 1.1.1

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