xwormclient

GHSA-qf88-7763-5hjm

Malicious code in xwormclient (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.3`

## Source: kam193 (4a6c0b4ce2747e70d2e9f46f624188d4da6a70af3182e6e94b22de7446dc180c)
Importing the module downloads and executes widely recognized malware


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


Campaign: 2025-08-k7eel


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - malware

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/xwormclient/MAL-2025-191938.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/xwormclient
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/xwormclient/MAL-2025-191938.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/243dcfb04a7d3729ccdd58bf7e764ff1b39a8d8f886528d633cca2230797e799/detection
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/7146846de021736051dd919b0b6ab35a64b50fae1c9cca60d301f72795bafaec/detection
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/b72c29249dee7744ef350444177c65cf34ae8543295dc0b45d20154f564e6c4c/detection
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qf88-7763-5hjm

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.3

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