pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwaremlc-ai-nightly
MAL-2025-1980
Malicious code in mlc-ai-nightly (PyPI)
Details
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: kam193 (7f1b0b9f87631941501e2d04d9eab7f1cd7232f770812e3373b736f9e682dc2a) Installing the package exfiltrates information about the host, including environmental variables. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-01-mlc-ai-nightly 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. - exfiltration-env-variables - dependency-confusion
Compromised versions (3)
- 9.9.9
- 9.9.99
- 0.0.1
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.