py-wormgpt

GHSA-q9mx-j265-447m

Malicious code in py-wormgpt (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (6f7fef8f962798019886211ac43e0e0660feae94e4396fc7969643400b2fa139)
The package installs a persistent job that allows the attacker for exfiltrating files and executing remote code on the victim's machine.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-agentaix


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - peristence-autorun


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


 - rat


 - persistence


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/444c83a34aff210f7c18c7b3e68d192b6fcfc764/osv/malicious/pypi/py-wormgpt/MAL-2026-17886.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/py-wormgpt
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/444c83a34aff210f7c18c7b3e68d192b6fcfc764/osv/malicious/pypi/py-wormgpt/MAL-2026-17886.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9mx-j265-447m

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.