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MAL-2026-4837

Malicious code in my-test-package-2025-xyz (PyPI)

Details

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## Source: kam193 (a2f3ab0a3c7ef9009c99575d9dd051c4a97575435cabf5d3a4c223f53bc47b89) During installation, the package opens a reverse shell

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

Campaign: 2026-05-my-test-package-2025-xyz

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.

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

PyPI / my-test-package-2025-xyz

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