shortneer

GHSA-2wm2-fc38-63vw

Malicious code in shortneer (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (5e166ae1253c886885381cb5087f67a59a869cad6ece6f3ac40aefc6e463c27f)
When used, the package exfiltrates Chrome extension files (likely targeting cryptocurrency wallets) and sensitive Telegram files.


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


Campaign: 2026-09-sherpy


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - infostealer


 - exfiltration-crypto


 - target:telegram


 - native-extension

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/b12ad63a17b33dbe2aa2bc3a6c94a3cfe12503a9/osv/malicious/pypi/shortneer/MAL-2026-17422.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/shortneer
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/b12ad63a17b33dbe2aa2bc3a6c94a3cfe12503a9/osv/malicious/pypi/shortneer/MAL-2026-17422.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/ae1ef40954ea15dd560720d58f647c9880afc699/osv/malicious/pypi/shortneer/MAL-2026-17422.json
- https://pypi.org/project/shortneer/0.1.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2wm2-fc38-63vw

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.