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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

yolov8mini

MAL-2025-3484

Malicious code in yolov8mini (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (a9222d20b84ed716d5bdf81f1da1d0f088fc7482894c8f25a5d1f757cc477ba9)
On importing the module, there is an automated start of a Telegram bot capable of exfiltrating passwords from browsers, executing arbitrary commands and so on. While the description states it's a monitoring tool, the automated start, capabilities targeting secret values suggest malicious intentions.


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


Campaign: 2025-03-yolov8mini


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - infostealer


 - exfiltration-generic


 - dependency-confusion


 - exfiltration-browser-data


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

Compromised versions (10)

  • 0.1
  • 0.1.1
  • 1.1.1
  • 1.2.1
  • 1.3.1
  • 1.4.1
  • 2.0.1
  • 2.1.1
  • 2.2.1
  • 2.3.1

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