Malicious code in bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e (PyPI)
What to do
Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.
This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.
Affected packages
PyPI bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e
- Affected
- >= 0.1.0, <= 0.1.0
- Fixed in
- no fixed version recorded
Sources
- Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV.dev), including the GitHub Advisory Database
OSV record MAL-2026-18395 lists affected ranges: PyPI bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e >=0.1.0 <=0.1.0
VerifiedObserved Structured OSV record; not marked as GitHub-reviewed.
Severity and exploitation
- Exploitation
- No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
- CVSS
- not scored
- EPSS
- No dated EPSS signal available.
Source description
As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.
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Source: amazon-inspector (d2ff13fe63e15fdf4130e7219776edbe4d34fe2c2b83011099a0ddec9c10ebf6) On `pip install`, setup.py collects the full process environment (dict(os.environ)), process command lines, and /proc/self/{status,cgroup,mountinfo,fd}, and queries the GCP instance metadata service at http://169.254.169.254/computeMetadata/v1/ (with the required `Metadata-Flavor: Google` header) for the default service account's token, email, scopes, and project id. The collected JSON blob is sent to a hardcoded remote endpoint at 34.45.253.92 — both as an HTTP POST to http://34.45.253.92:8080/bq-sdist-hook-... and over a raw TCP socket to 34.45.253.92:1234. The destination IP is unrelated to any legitimate publisher infrastructure and the behavior fires automatically from the build backend during installation.
Source: kam193 (ee26602dfa25f574d440b2c1e8ef0a9516fdfb5db4b59f995b88784332476413) During installation the code…
Dates and revisions
- Published by the source
- Last modified by the source
- Source last checked
- Revision 2 · amended ·
Amended from osv record MAL-2026-18395
- Revision 1 · created ·
Published from osv record MAL-2026-18395
Agent brief
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# Patch Next advisory brief: mal-2026-18395 Advisory: Malicious code in bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e (PyPI) IDs: mal-2026-18395 Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/mal-2026-18395 (revision 2, source checked 31 Oct 2026, 06:15 UTC) Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected. Severity: Unrated Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV. Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed. ## Affected components - PyPI bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e: affected >= 0.1.0, <= 0.1.0 ## Suggested inspection (read-only) - `python -m pip show bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active. ## Supported action No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything. ## Required regression checks - Run the test suite and a production build. - Exercise the features that depend on bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e. - Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed. ## Rollback considerations - Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward. ## Unresolved questions - Which deployments run an affected version? - Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority. - Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production. ## Sources - Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18395 (OSV record MAL-2026-18395 lists affected ranges: PyPI bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e >=0.1.0 <=0.1.0) Commands are suggestions: review each one before running it.
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