socks5901

GHSA-3rcw-hq5f-gvrg

Malicious code in socks5901 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (e6184fc1c33621ffa99f06b96ac94f05944bc3c7b431243e50ede0bb396e7dd3)
During import, package exfiltrates all files from "/sdcard/"


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


Campaign: 2026-08-socks5901


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - uses-telegram-bot


 - target:android

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/6a5a095644d4c669437132508cf67a4bed36512e/osv/malicious/pypi/socks5901/MAL-2026-14100.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/socks5901
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/6a5a095644d4c669437132508cf67a4bed36512e/osv/malicious/pypi/socks5901/MAL-2026-14100.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3rcw-hq5f-gvrg

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.