Malicious Package Affecting readmecolorama package, versions [0,]
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Exploit Maturity
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- published6 Jun 2025
- disclosed4 Jun 2025
- creditAriel Harush
Introduced: 4 Jun 2025
New Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the readmecolorama package.
Overview
readmecolorama is a malicious package. This package contains payloads with Windows and Linux variants that access and exfiltrate sensitive configuration information, establish remote control / remote access for the attacker, establish persistence and “command and control” (C2) mechanisms consistent with expectation of establishing a long-term foothold and attempt to hide from detection and evade endpoint security controls.