zabitog

GHSA-j279-vpmw-63vw

Malicious code in zabitog (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 9.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (23d4c7f55266f10f23ddf4a743bb4222b920c0e7f4472c1572a51831a3d1f247)
Obfuscated code is used to hide exfiltration of basic data (hostname, etc.).


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: 2026-02-zabitmajeed00


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - dependency-confusion

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/zabitog/MAL-2026-654.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/zabitog
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/zabitog/MAL-2026-654.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j279-vpmw-63vw

Compromised versions (1)

= 9.0.1

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