adminbypasser

GHSA-vc77-379x-c38j

Malicious code in adminbypasser (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (867991d0e6c74f15c2f231c002867172a4e03044a328676cf9b2ec07a7e48f68)
Package silently downloads remote code and adds its execution to the autostart. During analysis, the remote domain no longer existed.


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


Campaign: 2026-02-old-adminbypasser


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - peristence-autorun

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/752e8a991f186423e3415980200bebfec22d1070/osv/malicious/pypi/adminbypasser/MAL-2026-774.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/adminbypasser
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/752e8a991f186423e3415980200bebfec22d1070/osv/malicious/pypi/adminbypasser/MAL-2026-774.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/adminbypasser/MAL-2026-774.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vc77-379x-c38j

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.1

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