pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwarejourney-test-hellospy
MAL-2026-18133
Malicious code in journey-test-hellospy (PyPI)
Details
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: kam193 (418fea1fe789e9a44c77c08c9135b3da66b773882c9fb2757094c3f55b04321b) During installation, package exfiltrates potentially sensitive environmental variables --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-10-journey-test-helloshell 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. - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - targetted-attack
Compromised versions (1)
- 0.1.1
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.