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MAL-2026-5335

Malicious code in xfoobar (PyPI)

Details

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## Source: kam193 (a54c1c17d20a069af19c48751aada9e426bcbf55484c360cf21ac70f35d3d0dd) During import, the package starts a reverse shell

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

Campaign: 2026-06-anthropy

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.

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Affected packages

PyPI / xfoobar

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References