dakhara

GHSA-536w-h4fg-78cx

Malicious code in dakhara (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (f530f4be41fa64a7275884280c22fb98a85accb8ef50538cd7677a109bfe3e29)
Running the package automatically starts a Telegram bot waiting to execute remote commands. The bot credentials are dynamically collected from the pastebin.


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


Campaign: 2026-03-dakhara


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/dakhara/MAL-2026-1235.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/dakhara
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/dakhara/MAL-2026-1235.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-536w-h4fg-78cx

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.1

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