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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

workingitmehelpit

MAL-2026-3664

Malicious code in workingitmehelpit (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (3e553fe0eea72dc43eab2696330acd6fbb3e4de8c95529eab6298411620c0c9f)
Package installs malware identified as a backdoor or reverse shell.


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


Campaign: 2026-05-workingitmehelpit


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - malware


 - backdoor

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (38ea8dff9ef464eabbfbc1eacd769a90c65a53097308c1b76c2529b037e2041b)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'workingitmehelpit' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Compromised versions (1)

  • 1.0.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.