hackling

GHSA-rmhj-h574-rg34

Malicious code in hackling (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (cf12b321da2b42ce2302bdccbb35304c4f4a47c7a5e273076467b269982c480f)
Package automatically exfiltrate information about the system, including potentially sensitive data.


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


Campaign: 2026-05-hackling


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - exfiltration-env-variables

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/hackling/MAL-2026-3665.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hackling
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/hackling/MAL-2026-3665.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rmhj-h574-rg34

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.