GHSA-xm4r-5rj9-2pg3 — gratient
HIGHGHSA-xm4r-5rj9-2pg3 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gratient. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
gratient 0.5 contains credential harvesting code
Real-World Exposure
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Description
gratient is a user-facing library for generating color gradients of text. Version 0.5 contained obfuscated, malicious code targeting Windows platforms, harvesting information and credentials from the user's system and sending them to a remote server. Services may include Mullvad VPN and Telegram.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | gratient | all versions | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for gratient, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of gratient has shipped for GHSA-xm4r-5rj9-2pg3 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-xm4r-5rj9-2pg3 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-xm4r-5rj9-2pg3. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-xm4r-5rj9-2pg3 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-xm4r-5rj9-2pg3 across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.