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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

scrambleeeer

MAL-2026-14358

Malicious code in scrambleeeer (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: amazon-inspector (2a65599e4b6ca9e8349fbde07e578e53844af217c6eca15dcd6bb99c8a1fa63f)
Package advertises a trivial string-shuffle utility, but its exported function scrambleeeer() opens a TCP socket to bax.h4x.tv:6363, duplicates stdin/stdout/stderr onto that socket, and spawns /bin/bash via pty.spawn. Any caller who invokes the documented API hands an interactive bash shell on the installer's host to whoever controls bax.h4x.tv:6363. The destination is hardcoded, not user-configurable, undocumented, and unrelated to the package's stated purpose.

## 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

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.