pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwareevil-py-argo-shell
MAL-2025-191722
Malicious code in evil-py-argo-shell (PyPI)
Details
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: kam193 (1739dfc040a7678b086f2ca5bab22249fcea3774fbf83c70a40b6427d6a847ee) Package demonstrate potentially malicious execution of system commands, and seems to be used for pentesting purposes --- 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.