pwn-control

GHSA-g944-87hv-6j7w

Malicious code in pwn-control (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0`

## Source: kam193 (719b4c85917a0a8bc84e7591598b0d17098dd32c8f29b5c09eb25fe1d3e079c3)
During installation, the code runs code to silently control the device via Telegram bot (execute commands, exfiltrate files).


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


Campaign: 2026-05-system-update-tool


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.


 - files-exfiltration


 - peristence-autorun


 - persistence


 - impersonation

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pwn-control/MAL-2026-3248.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pwn-control
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pwn-control/MAL-2026-3248.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g944-87hv-6j7w

Compromised versions (1)

= 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.