makronlox

GHSA-26wc-w8qq-3g53

Malicious code in makronlox (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (f918d3ae448737e8a58e16ad57af3037e27ba8ab02fef22ba6e0b4f6f2c49e1a)
Package automatically download and runs an executable, which then imitates a malicious action and requests ransom payment.


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


Campaign: 2025-10-makronlox


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/makronlox/MAL-2025-191646.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/makronlox
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/makronlox/MAL-2025-191646.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-26wc-w8qq-3g53

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.