MAL-2025-191702
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MAL-2025-191702
Summary: Malicious code in chromifypro (PyPI)
Details: Source: kam193 (4138883ad2e38b4a8a4353918126f4732db5f04107be0bddafc745ec97120b52) Packages silently decrypt content hidden in a dependency and load them as Python extension modules. In the first wave, those are copies of legitimate aiohttp and aiohappyeyeballs packages. In the second wave, malicious packages created good-looking forks of legitimate rich and pigments packages. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-10-asynhttp Reasons (based on the campaign): - typosquatting - exfiltration-generic - obfuscation - clones-real-package - native-extension
References: https://www.cert.at/en/blog/2025/10/how-typosquatting-tricked-me-a-bit, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/chromifypro, https://www.cert.at/en/blog/2025/10/how-typosquatting-tricked-me-a-bit
Affected packages
Package
Name: chromifypro
Purl: pkg:pypi/chromifypro
Affected ranges
Type: N/A
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