MAL-2026-14358

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/scrambleeeer/MAL-2026-14358.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14358
Published
2026-08-22T09:47:41Z
Modified
2026-08-23T03:30:22Z
Summary
Malicious code in scrambleeeer (PyPI)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (2a65599e4b6ca9e8349fbde07e578e53844af217c6eca15dcd6bb99c8a1fa63f)

Package advertises a trivial string-shuffle utility, but its exported function scrambleeeer() opens a TCP socket to bax.h4x.tv:6363, duplicates stdin/stdout/stderr onto that socket, and spawns /bin/bash via pty.spawn. Any caller who invokes the documented API hands an interactive bash shell on the installer's host to whoever controls bax.h4x.tv:6363. The destination is hardcoded, not user-configurable, undocumented, and unrelated to the package's stated purpose.

Source: kam193 (52bcde495e195edfc164c36aa7f704643c3171eaffc477c28de4b60c7dd2d414)

When using the provided library, the code starts a reverse shell to a hardcoded location.

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

Campaign: 2026-08-scrambleeer

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.

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "domains": [
            "bax.h4x.tv"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/2026-08-scrambleeer/scrambleeeer",
            "import_time": "2026-08-22T10:09:30.010126707Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-22T09:47:41.162896Z",
            "sha256": "52bcde495e195edfc164c36aa7f704643c3171eaffc477c28de4b60c7dd2d414",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018513",
            "import_time": "2026-08-23T03:25:50.79440662Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-23T02:57:10Z",
            "sha256": "2a65599e4b6ca9e8349fbde07e578e53844af217c6eca15dcd6bb99c8a1fa63f",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / scrambleeeer

Package

Name
scrambleeeer
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/scrambleeeer

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "src/scrambleeeer/core.py",
            "sha256": "efc920f084c206d0a7262d0c81e2f8d2aabc27b79b4e392c8aa644042559e04f",
            "tlsh": "6501b85bfe13348d77f54dbe60e86012616e1d837778042838684bac2f2365cb9f0b09"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "scrambleeeer-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
            "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "0b689ccc2f8d23e43177e1f1507c7483f438b741dd0ce5004afa4e5b7d5c7c78",
                "md5": "9c5272374dfcac3f6613a83608d25396",
                "sha256": "a1602827bf78d7799675029c4de0c2152a8354594fbab1f4903bba62c06be609"
            }
        },
        {
            "filename": "scrambleeeer-0.1.0.tar.gz",
            "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "030efc5c7fda14c12821552de028cc40335fe11843d9aa24f1f92deac230d098",
                "md5": "46c5538a37fafbb76233b714c3a85b4f",
                "sha256": "c3df3db21d35fa2498e555722d36431538250b83da2ed0cc51df458ceb10e700"
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/scrambleeeer/MAL-2026-14358.json"