netweavex

GHSA-rr8h-gqmw-34rx

Malicious code in netweavex (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (96ae0ec579e95e33c63930792ee782e6229f77547efac35c3894a7e05c8af2ca)
Clone of a legitimated package. During import package executes obfuscated code that downloads code from a GitHub repository. During analysis, the code was just a placeholder.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-netweavex


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - clones-real-package


 - obfuscation


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - typosquatting

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/704cd12348e734be09a1c7c2f3bdba3e5f889d84/osv/malicious/pypi/netweavex/MAL-2026-18328.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/netweavex
- https://github.com/jerryjohnston91/helper-library
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/704cd12348e734be09a1c7c2f3bdba3e5f889d84/osv/malicious/pypi/netweavex/MAL-2026-18328.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/e2f93b255fdc1045e3deefba0ed388ee3d135c1a/osv/malicious/pypi/netweavex/MAL-2026-18328.json
- https://pypi.org/project/netweavex/1.1.2
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rr8h-gqmw-34rx

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.1.0

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