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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

evil-py-argo-shell

MAL-2025-191722

Malicious code in evil-py-argo-shell (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (1739dfc040a7678b086f2ca5bab22249fcea3774fbf83c70a40b6427d6a847ee)
Package demonstrate potentially malicious execution of system commands, and seems to be used for pentesting purposes


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: GENERIC-simple-tests


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

Compromised versions (3)

  • 0.1.2
  • 0.1.1
  • 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.