If this package is installed
Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.
Details
Source: kam193 (da8701a407522875f63d2aaa28d27194fe8e2faa4d7782fd66639f224ae62dcd)
Importing the module connects to a Telegram bot and provides its operator with abilities to execute commands, exfiltrate and encrypt data. The target group seems to be KDE developers, according to the package description
---
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-11-kdewebhelper
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- exfiltration-generic
- The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.
- exfiltration-credentials
- rat
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
URLs
- hxxps://github[.]com/Caspia-n/kdewebhelper other packages →