octopus32

GHSA-c39g-4r5p-hfgh

Malicious code in octopus32 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (15fe4c8243ee2e3d9bb59df9134466819fdcb2e151cc4d79568dc4eb2dea9ac9)
The obfuscated code downloads and starts a remote executable. The remote file has limited detection in VT, but contains at least code to add Defender exclusion paths.


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


Campaign: 2025-05-octopus32


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - obfuscation

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/octopus32/MAL-2025-5122.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/octopus32
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/octopus32/MAL-2025-5122.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ed1e4e19d366e74a0d156e8187fa2606ed3ae74254c558d6b6af54168745b811/detection
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c39g-4r5p-hfgh

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

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