terminalcolornewPyPI
Advisory published Updated
terminalcolornew is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-191892) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in terminalcolornew (PyPI)
What this malware does
If used, the code attempts to take a photo using the computer's camera and exfiltrates it
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-09-consolecolornew
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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exfiltration-generic
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action-hidden-in-lib-usage
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other
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for terminalcolornew (3 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
terminalcolornew is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If terminalcolornew was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
Frequently asked questions
Campaign
References
Credits
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
Detect & block this
O3 blocks terminalcolornew-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.