pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwaretelethon-pro-safe
MAL-2026-4859
Malicious code in telethon-pro-safe (PyPI)
Details
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: kam193 (8bc2e515c2eb7bf73ea5d532cfb6701dcaf3dd95e9d8248ee3d426b1d0c1ed8c) During installation, package executes obfuscated code that starts a RAT-like software allowing remote control and exfiltrating sensitive data. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-05-telethon-pro-safe Reasons (based on the campaign): - rat - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - exfiltration-credentials - exfiltration-browser-data - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine. - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment. - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. - infostealer - obfuscation
Compromised versions (5)
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.