telerape

GHSA-2x4m-3m75-45jg

Malicious code in telerape (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.0.dev0`

## Source: kam193 (21e8fc4f3dd969ec103ff1cb8a5bdba0d465bffffabe2615bc38d8e00606cffa)
Package places a reverse shell in the PTH file. In analyzed versions, the target was on localhost.


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


Campaign: 2026-07-telerape


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.


 - abuses-pth

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/730cf2e222812dd2bfc50676e83ac6f71271f946/osv/malicious/pypi/telerape/MAL-2026-11424.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/telerape
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/730cf2e222812dd2bfc50676e83ac6f71271f946/osv/malicious/pypi/telerape/MAL-2026-11424.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2x4m-3m75-45jg

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.0.dev0

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