ighack

GHSA-5jv5-42xr-v2rw

Malicious code in ighack (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 3.0`

## Source: kam193 (889207a729f6b97c385d6c0afe217776d10331cdf7e5dd511f80e0d01e899842)
Instagram hacking tool that besides abusing the Instagram API, also automatically uses user's credentials to follow hardcoded accounts.


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


Campaign: 2026-03-old-nai


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - abusing-3rd-api


 - 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/ighack/MAL-2026-1410.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ighack
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/ighack/MAL-2026-1410.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5jv5-42xr-v2rw

Compromised versions (1)

= 3.0

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