telegramlite

GHSA-j88h-h9h2-8ph9

Malicious code in telegramlite (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: amazon-inspector (ce1afd32bb4808a41c70c2b9e7d38d36de85eef1ada8d8ae615f5df1a6f88a5c)
No install-time, import-time, or runtime behaviors of concern were observed in this version. The package name suggests a lightweight Telegram client wrapper, but no code paths matching credential theft, exfiltration, dropper, silent-relay, or backdoor patterns were identified in the scanned files. Routing to human review for name-similarity assessment against established Telegram client libraries before publishing a verdict.

## Source: kam193 (be464abbf0e3f375f4865ac2802a6b6d96e7af1ce30984d84f464470cdef17dd)
Package exfiltrates data from the Telegram application to a remote location, effectively collecting Telegram sessions.


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


Campaign: 2026-06-telegramlite


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - target:telegram


 - 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/telegramlite/MAL-2026-5531.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/telegramlite
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/telegramlite/MAL-2026-5531.json
- https://pypi.org/project/telegramlite/1.0.0
- https://pypi.org/project/telegramlite/1.0.1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j88h-h9h2-8ph9

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.