pulsecord

GHSA-f5f4-pc5g-j48w

Malicious code in pulsecord (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (025d4e33a2037fb9ad36cb4b08b122e4439bb4932b73ac6c6f403609e7e1c09e)
This package is prepared for silent execution of a malicious executable, with disabling AV protection. While there is no link to the malicious binary inside, the package shares clear indicators of being part of the 2025-11-discord-selfsbotsx campaign.


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


Campaign: 2025-11-discord-selfsbotsx


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - infostealer


 - malware


 - peristence-autorun

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pulsecord/MAL-2025-191830.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pulsecord
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pulsecord/MAL-2025-191830.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/11550536005bcba4524c40ec4556226d4ab20677ed353c81e55b9f7415392739/detection
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5f4-pc5g-j48w

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.