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 (0ca34d571eaf519847a961f7da1f203d35f7a3c011f5fd4df3744f50a0615d2e)
Package attempts to collect environment variables from a specific environment, self-identified as BigQuery user-defined functions research. The final exfiltration of collected data seems to require the control of the execution environment, supporting the research/pentest claims.
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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.
Campaign: 2026-10-crelic-bqwheel-52f66a3f1d
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- abuses-pth
- exfiltration-env-variables
- The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.