sher-net

GHSA-79v5-cj8f-r827

Malicious code in sher-net (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (f87dc8302df47889be1acee83b535b423d7f04e597ed61cca62dc2727f4d5d46)
Starting the module activates a hardcoded telegram bot allowing remote code execution, data exfiltration, collecting webcam photos, clipboard data, etc.


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


Campaign: 2026-04-sher-net


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - rat


 - spyware-like

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/sher-net/MAL-2026-2839.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/sher-net
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/sher-net/MAL-2026-2839.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-79v5-cj8f-r827

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.