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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

grpc-google-bigtable-v2

MAL-2025-4665

Malicious code in grpc-google-bigtable-v2 (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (9640f0015404a6fff13b4e9bbb9e01d3d4f545a8ae8935dc95425a427c561576)
Generic campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.


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


Campaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - exfiltration-generic


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - typosquatting

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (ede9be184ad678c156e8b6fa9edc4acb9fba416bbb0f0a67b243da2476ea8e3f)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'grpc-google-bigtable-v2' @ 0.11.99 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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

Compromised versions (1)

  • 0.11.99

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