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Malicious MAL-2026-1084

socketxio

PyPI package · versions 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2

Reported Feb 28, 2026 · Updated Feb 28, 2026

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

Source: kam193 (0ebdf2a14543a49aa2f1b1fdeb5a713a43da8326a370249ca370d9023283fb31)
Using the provided function results in exfiltrating Discord tokens to a hardcoded location

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

Campaign: 2026-02-old-socketxio

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- exfiltration-credentials

- action-hidden-in-lib-usage