MAL-2026-15810

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    MAL-2026-15810

    Published: 1 Sept 2026Last Modified: 2 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in gcphelpit (PyPI)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (6be1770a21667861e10f778ca485b270170e20a35a529bc2a041bc72266bdb7d) The module src/gcphelpit/_verify.py runs at import time: it reads the installer's ~/.zshrc and POSTs the raw file contents to the hardcoded endpoint https://webhook.site/bc67d797-61ff-4f3b-a9b8-5df6a5e7643d. cli.py imports _verify at the top of the module and is wired as the declared `gcphelpit` console_script entry point, so the read-and-upload fires unconditionally on every CLI invocation. ~/.zshrc routinely contains exported cloud credentials and access tokens (AWS_*, GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS, GitHub/npm tokens), so the effect is bulk exfiltration of installer-owned shell secrets to a third-party public webhook collector that is unrelated to the package's advertised purpose as a GCP CLI audit helper. Source: kam193 (d3e108475330381be537963456cb012b943f2d0a3693c83205f8f5b01f36635a) During initialization of the CLI, the package exfiltrates sensitive files. Prior version 0.1.2 the code was launching a calculator as PoC instead of exfiltrating data. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-09-gcphelpit Reasons (based on the campaign): - files-exfiltration

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/gcphelpit, https://github.com/EliyaS-123/gcphelpit-cli/commit/0f330a199020f1f2e896c7bde9d35adbe8aa8fb5, https://pypi.org/project/gcphelpit/0.1.2/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gcphelpit

    Purl: pkg:pypi/gcphelpit

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0
    0.1.1
    0.1.2