instascan-pro

GHSA-fr3q-53pj-r6w2

Malicious code in instascan-pro (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (94d76fe0beb67ab3d875d659dac44b4650be6b8f5bbb4b43635c0fc2fa7b4af9)
The package contains a module prepared to collect and exfiltrate user's files.


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


Campaign: 2026-01-instascan-pro


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic


 - files-exfiltration

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/instascan-pro/MAL-2026-498.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/instascan-pro
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/instascan-pro/MAL-2026-498.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fr3q-53pj-r6w2

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.