scrambleeeer

GHSA-xw2j-24j3-3282

Malicious code in scrambleeeer (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (52bcde495e195edfc164c36aa7f704643c3171eaffc477c28de4b60c7dd2d414)
When using the provided library, the code starts a reverse shell to a hardcoded location.


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


Campaign: 2026-08-scrambleeer


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.


 - 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/c4f8106d11c43ad0c1f0f59f488fdecc62109295/osv/malicious/pypi/scrambleeeer/MAL-2026-14358.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/scrambleeeer
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/c4f8106d11c43ad0c1f0f59f488fdecc62109295/osv/malicious/pypi/scrambleeeer/MAL-2026-14358.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/51911d234a84078e05bdf54c4b86161625e68d64/osv/malicious/pypi/scrambleeeer/MAL-2026-14358.json
- https://pypi.org/project/scrambleeeer/0.1.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xw2j-24j3-3282

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.