oxntime

GHSA-hrgr-cr4c-v4q7

Malicious code in oxntime (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (4d96d9d5b1800042c94a33b8ac459abe42775a2c07e7cbd4ca2f689bdcf141ef)
The package contains obfuscated code and embedded binary that is executed during the import. The embedded binary targets Android and seems to act as a guard for further execution, with some sandbox evasion techniques and time-based actions.


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


Campaign: 2026-07-oxntime


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


 - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.


 - target:android


 - covering-tracks

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/oxntime/MAL-2026-6975.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/oxntime
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/oxntime/MAL-2026-6975.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/af85ade822327a06cc91ad28aa6344c745742d613bcd04d09a456367c15b2e87/detection
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrgr-cr4c-v4q7

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.1

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