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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

proto-google-cloud-dlp-v2beta1

MAL-2025-4666

Malicious code in proto-google-cloud-dlp-v2beta1 (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (1d21bb408ed0e178e23e5b4face7188968fd711ea7ceab009b9d04e6a508740d)
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 (f26463c2df12a5e2c69e073c1dc6e08ae3e5a9ef04039733ecd85efd53262393)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'proto-google-cloud-dlp-v2beta1' @ 0.15.99 (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)

  • 0.15.99

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