pylogora

GHSA-2hwr-hjg4-6vw3

Malicious code in pylogora (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.7.8`

## Source: amazon-inspector (dfecc686b83d148b0b68acd99fe38f484c035c5b9c59fb7623378866e8e307cc)
pylogora/__init__.py invokes _a() at module top level, so any `import pylogora` triggers the payload. _a() base64-decodes hidden URLs and filesystem paths, branches on OS and CPU architecture, downloads a native binary from easyswasnow.pro (Linux amd/arm and macOS amd/arm variants under /downloads/) or from a Google Drive file (Windows, id 1d4zF8lnDaYCgzRrEx3WCyLTFZXVD2QBF), writes it to a hidden staging path (~/.local/share/config on Linux, /Users/Shared/.local/config on macOS, %TEMP%\t.jse run via cscript on Windows), chmods it executable, strips the macOS quarantine attribute via xattr, and executes it. It then installs persistence: a systemd user unit at ~/.config/systemd/user/python-script.service enabled with `systemctl --user enable --now`, or a LaunchAgent at ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.user.script.plist loaded with `launchctl load -dw`, causing the package's __file__ to re-execute on every login. All URLs, destination paths, unit/plist bodies, argv strings, and the User-Agent are base64-encoded and decoded through a _b() helper to conceal intent. The declared purpose is a logging library, which has no need to fetch or execute native binaries from an anonymous host.

## Source: kam193 (b01e8dfbdf9823541eee73bd52086cac9e0ea70246992afe74873372b5d6a293)
The typosquatted package installs a Mythic/Poseidon C2 framework beacon and ensures persistence. After installation, the beacon communicates with C2 on wegoexchange[.]site for further commands.


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


Campaign: 2026-07-tennacity


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.


 - malware


 - persistence

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b1 […]

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pylogora
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pylogora/MAL-2026-10689.json
- https://pypi.org/project/pylogora/0.7.8
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file-analysis/ZjIzNWQzZmZhYmMyZmQ5Njg3MWI4MmQ5OTMzYTc3YzU6MTc4NDAyMjgxMA==
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/15378a183d833832b41cf28f061d6108e0145b81a8faf82f5d860828a0b99584/detection
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/b60ead7581e0d36d47d2362a6843f6ffa3d5748fe7e3a76eef2942d13b3b0613/detection
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2hwr-hjg4-6vw3

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.7.8

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