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PYSEC-2026-231

Malicious code in embiggen (PyPI)

Details

Part of the "Hades" wave of the Shai-Hulud supply-chain campaign. On 2026-06-08, malicious phantom releases of embiggen were published to PyPI using stolen credentials. The package executes a bundled JavaScript payload (via the Bun runtime) on import that harvests and exfiltrates credentials and attempts self-propagation. This entry is a summary; behavior may not be fully characterized here. See the linked references for detailed analysis and indicators of compromise.

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Affected packages

PyPI / embiggen

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References

https://inspector.pypi.io/project/embiggen/0.11.97/packages/c8/a7/de68666caa05cf898f209e962ebd6c4d22d56bb8432e870fe5ad5f0df52b/embiggen-0.11.97-py3-none-any.whl/embiggen/_index.js [EVIDENCE]
https://www.endorlabs.com/learn/shai-hulud-hades-wave-hits-six-pypi-bioinformatics-packages [ARTICLE]
https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/the-hades-campaign-pypi-packages [ARTICLE]