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Malicious code in kafka-helmsman (PyPI)

Malware Published Oct 8, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 9, 2026

Package

pip kafka-helmsman (pip)

Affected versions

= 99.0.1
= 99.0.2
= 99.0.3
= 99.0.4
= 99.0.5
= 99.0.6

Patched versions

None

Description

Source: ossf-package-analysis (a2d266a2b4e9df8f2466cfb34e58fe98c636cb75d4ad1ec08cee919bd9a86588)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'kafka-helmsman' @ 99.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Credit: OpenSSF (source)

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 8, 2026
Reviewed Oct 8, 2026
Last updated Oct 9, 2026

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Embedded Malicious Code

The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature. Learn more on MITRE.

GHSA ID

GHSA-r3f3-f28g-rc9x

Source code

No known source code
Improvements are not currently accepted on this advisory because this package is malware and has no patched versions. If there is something to change, please open an issue at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues.