h13t0ry-hello-demo

GHSA-5crq-52j9-fc74

Malicious code in h13t0ry-hello-demo (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (e27409f6c0ba5c7e7ba22f21c8b4806686ae8b64f4d7daf2dd9a7e6182bef5ab)
During import package starts a reverse shell


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


Campaign: 2026-10-h13t0ry-hello-demo


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.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/323d867a549e2bbdbffe8fadfb24919d049ef12d/osv/malicious/pypi/h13t0ry-hello-demo/MAL-2026-18336.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/h13t0ry-hello-demo
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/323d867a549e2bbdbffe8fadfb24919d049ef12d/osv/malicious/pypi/h13t0ry-hello-demo/MAL-2026-18336.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5crq-52j9-fc74

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.