VYPR

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

kdewebhelper

MAL-2025-191772

Malicious code in kdewebhelper (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (da8701a407522875f63d2aaa28d27194fe8e2faa4d7782fd66639f224ae62dcd)
Importing the module connects to a Telegram bot and provides its operator with abilities to execute commands, exfiltrate and encrypt data. The target group seems to be KDE developers, according to the package description


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


Campaign: 2025-11-kdewebhelper


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - rat

Compromised versions (2)

  • 1.5.0
  • 1.0.0

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