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GCVE-110-OSM-2026-12293
GCVE-110-OSM-2026-12293
Advisory PublishedCVSS 8.8/10
During installation and after generating a healthcheck report, package sends opt-out telemetry. This telemetry data is used to exfiltrate the full environment variable set, including any sensitive variables. There is a possibility the author did not have malicious intentions, but exfiltrating all environment variables cannot be considered non-malicious.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-09-py-venv-doctor
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
- exfiltration-env-variables
- action-hidden-in-lib-usage
ENTRY
src/venv_doctor/cli.py (console-script: py-venv-doctor=venv_doctor.cli:main)
DESTINATION
- 1 exfil (custom-c2)
- 2 c2 (urls, domains)
(values recorded in verified_iocs)
EXFIL
- Git Configuration Access in src/venv_doctor/checks.py: "git config --global user.name"
- Python File Upload to Remote in src/venv_doctor/telemetry.py: "urllib.request.Request( endpoint, data="
- Data Encoding for Exfiltration in src/venv_doctor/telemetry.py: "json.dumps(payload).encode"
- Network Request in src/venv_doctor/telemetry.py: "urllib.request.Request("
- System Information Collection in src/venv_doctor/telemetry.py: "platform.system()"
ADDITIONAL FINDINGS
- Shell Command Execution in src/venv_doctor/checks.py: "subprocess.run("
PAYLOAD FILES
src/venv_doctor/telemetry.py
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-506Embedded Malicious Code
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
8.8/10
High · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | py-venv-doctor | all (affected) | — |
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