VYPR

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

hijok-lampam

GHSA-2x8w-jgwq-x69p

Malicious code in hijok-lampam (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (8944d571e7af6e23f5c6c984859f38e1336fcfeee595dfabca635477cfe38045)
The package uses fake http-downloaded dependencies to track downloads, and has no other purpose.


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: 2026-10-vacsdk


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - dependency-confusion

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/bbfcb8a6f8322e69057d1cc4e52a627c9b4bbda6/osv/malicious/pypi/hijok-lampam/MAL-2026-18112.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hijok-lampam
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/bbfcb8a6f8322e69057d1cc4e52a627c9b4bbda6/osv/malicious/pypi/hijok-lampam/MAL-2026-18112.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2x8w-jgwq-x69p

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 1.0.0

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