botbooster

GHSA-8c8x-676f-x783

Malicious code in botbooster (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (0ac97422a8ea78df8c5538d0dbada7aad5720510773f1855cf5e4b5a9cbc56cb)
When using the provided function, code exfiltrates the sensitive token from local settings.json to the hardcoded location.


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


Campaign: 2026-02-old-botbooster


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-credentials

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/botbooster/MAL-2026-1097.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/botbooster
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/botbooster/MAL-2026-1097.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c8x-676f-x783

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.