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CRITICAL PyPI Malware

Malicious code in hello-test-s1 (PyPI)

MAL-2026-5812

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Description


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Source: kam193 (3e38aef2a7eaa434284aa00122cf429e1a1a07658e02afec7bb3690d7cbfe9ec)

During installation or importing the module, the package starts a reverse shell to hardcoded locatiom


Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2025-12-aiogram-sever-patch

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • dependency-confusion

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