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Malicious MAL-2024-9266

innostage

PyPI package · versions 7.0.7, 7.0.3, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.4, 7.0.6

Reported Oct 7, 2024 · Updated Dec 31, 2025

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

The package contains code to download and execute a reverse shell script.

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Source: kam193 (ec433c9a241ed7127dc5d6f55b002e94a2407ddd47000e50355f118536e9021e)
When imported, the package download and runs a remote stage - a reverse shell. To mask activity, the remote domain is made to mimic PyPI host: files[.]pythonhosted[.]ru

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

Campaign: 2024-10-innostage

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.

Indicators of compromise

Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.

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