MAL-2026-5335

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    MAL-2026-5335

    Published: 8 Jun 2026Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in xfoobar (PyPI)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (d82d6f4e4dba40d2e4677eb00c301bc816c8fe442704bdb9ed1f51a3d90e8f75) The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: kam193 (a54c1c17d20a069af19c48751aada9e426bcbf55484c360cf21ac70f35d3d0dd) During import, the package starts a reverse shell Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-06-anthropy 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.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/xfoobar, https://pypi.org/project/xfoobar/0.0.5/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xfoobar

    Purl: pkg:pypi/xfoobar

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.5
    MAL-2026-5335 | CVE-DB