grokwrapper

GHSA-2jv8-w3xj-fqcj

Malicious code in grokwrapper (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (a7ae896464be7f195243e35231a2435d0a1eb055cc7fa8cfaef707c7e11c55b2)
During importing the module, package silently execute code hidden in an embedded config file, and downloads remote executable. It's then added to Run registry key for persistence and started.

During analysis, the executable was not detected by antiviruses.


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


Campaign: 2026-02-grokwrapper


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - obfuscation


 - peristence-autorun

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/grokwrapper/MAL-2026-811.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/grokwrapper
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/grokwrapper/MAL-2026-811.json
- https://www.getsafety.com/blog-posts/grokwrapper
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/1963f8777e33d95c106ba28857058348eed021b4b86c46bad63b63dabada26ce/summary
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2jv8-w3xj-fqcj

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.