MAL-2025-47454

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/termncolor/MAL-2025-47454.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-47454

Published

2025-09-18T23:08:47Z

Modified

2025-09-18T23:08:47Z

Summary

Malicious code in termncolor (PyPI)

Details

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Source: google-open-source-security (bdc043b163e4ec6acada5d376a6a7becb3bba51c2b25307833500ec9fd8e1c4f)

This package is malicious and allows an attack remote code execution on Windows and Linux machines. The package termncolor uses colorinal as a dependency. The package colorinal contains the malicious behavior.

Database specific

{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "3.1.0"
            ],
            "source": "google-open-source-security",
            "sha256": "bdc043b163e4ec6acada5d376a6a7becb3bba51c2b25307833500ec9fd8e1c4f",
            "import_time": "2025-09-18T23:09:24.074962Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-09-18T23:08:47Z"
        }
    ]
}

References

https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/supply-chain-risk-python-termncolor-and-colorinal-explained

MAL-2025-47454

Source: google-open-source-security (bdc043b163e4ec6acada5d376a6a7becb3bba51c2b25307833500ec9fd8e1c4f)

Affected packages

PyPI / termncolor

Package

Affected ranges

Affected versions

3.*