lyroxpy

GHSA-c2rg-mvr3-xjjq

Malicious code in lyroxpy (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (a9016ac99840c4d68028c7b724382974154c9bf75b410da9c6b4a75ff6d20b1f)
The package contains an embedded archive with an executable. When importing the module, the embedded archive is run as a module. Code inside extracts the executable and saves it to a temporary file. Further the code keeps an open file handler and removes the original file, effectively making the impression the file no longer exists. Using the file handler the executable (which is either a native Python module or was created from Python code) is run. Further behavior is not known.


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


Campaign: 2026-02-lyroxpy


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


 - covering-tracks

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/lyroxpy/MAL-2026-841.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/lyroxpy
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/lyroxpy/MAL-2026-841.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/e3395af7390d15c42e779ad72658f397b27927b2dd626b74ce593c26a1ca9184/detection
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2rg-mvr3-xjjq

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.0

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