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MAL-2026-16121

Malicious code in websetup (PyPI)

Details

websetup@0.1.0 is a single module whose only function, setup.set(text=None, file_path=None) in websetup/sender.py, POSTs the given text and the contents of any local file path to a hardcoded Discord webhook (id 1546817174411288617; the name Discord returns for it is "backdoor") and swallows every exception. Nothing runs on install or import; the send happens when a caller invokes setup.set(). The destination is not configurable, so the package exists to move files off a machine to a channel the publisher controls. The Discord URL is listed under urls only.

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Affected packages

PyPI/websetup

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