pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwareagent-vx
GHSA-qqmp-mxcj-44p3
Malicious code in agent-vx (PyPI)
Details
**Severity:** Critical **Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0` ## Source: kam193 (815c9aad02259785c1e8b8569c0aead4598c1ea8f4802463a8db7f7240410296) The package installs a persistent job that allows the attacker for exfiltrating files and executing remote code on the victim's machine. --- 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 --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/1861f95ffacc04ed9d9c6049639098146030f14b/osv/malicious/pypi/agent-vx/MAL-2026-17755.json)) **References:** - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/agent-vx - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/1861f95ffacc04ed9d9c6049639098146030f14b/osv/malicious/pypi/agent-vx/MAL-2026-17755.json - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/ff41f6680a0ebbef2268cdb5daf253d4b400cb05/osv/malicious/pypi/agent-vx/MAL-2026-17755.json - https://pypi.org/project/agent-vx/0.1.0 - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/d0821fca288649f45ab1c287b3a699737f03f0c3/osv/malicious/pypi/agent-vx/MAL-2026-17755.json - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qqmp-mxcj-44p3
Compromised versions (1)
- = 0.1.0
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.