stringhelp

GHSA-5grc-5pvr-vqhm

Malicious code in stringhelp (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 7.0`

## Source: kam193 (614fb208fe0dce0e336281a07696b97a699937b1cb5d6167e6d126e8693b7ae6)
The package exfiltrates Discord tokens to a hardcoded location.


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


Campaign: 2026-04-old-stringhelp


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/stringhelp/MAL-2026-2854.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/stringhelp
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/stringhelp/MAL-2026-2854.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5grc-5pvr-vqhm

Compromised versions (1)

= 7.0

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