socketxio

GHSA-x5jq-rmgx-h7cp

Malicious code in socketxio (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.5`

## Source: kam193 (0ebdf2a14543a49aa2f1b1fdeb5a713a43da8326a370249ca370d9023283fb31)
Using the provided function results in exfiltrating Discord tokens to a hardcoded location


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


Campaign: 2026-02-old-socketxio


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/socketxio/MAL-2026-1084.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/socketxio
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/socketxio/MAL-2026-1084.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5jq-rmgx-h7cp

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.5

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