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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

program-admin

MAL-2025-3744

Malicious code in program-admin (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (79810d0cd56c8a3266dcbe5827dd3d27eb976b353c7b17940a29dddc602df4f7)
Packages that seem to be created by a legit bug bounty hunter. Designed to look like created by different organisations, they contain a couple of data exfiltration (including all env variables) and potential remote code execution (though the URL seems not to serve any code).


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


Campaign: 2025-05-sl4x01


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.


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - impersonation

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (21aafd5a731c66af3cff57a98bb892d950cddfafcd204ecc3e41c0a0f3de3864)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'program-admin' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Compromised versions (2)

  • 0.0.1
  • 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.