emoted

GHSA-c3cf-2q23-xwrw

Malicious code in emoted (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (1c1542aa2ac34ff34c8c27bcfa0753cb100f1779f8b6acf274ed21c36866b795)
Obfuscated code contains e.g. capabilities for downloading and executing code from a hardcoded location. It's also recognized as malware


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


Campaign: 2025-10-regixtest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - malware

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/emoted/MAL-2025-48890.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/emoted
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/emoted/MAL-2025-48890.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c3cf-2q23-xwrw

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.