mal-2026-14350
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2026-08-21 09:31
Modified
2026-08-21 14:49
Summary
Malicious code in scrambleeer (PyPI)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (7eb0e96b324df04d5ecaf0739dec60dcb2367a26def0e713519c51e24ee790df)

The package advertises a numeric shuffle utility but its sole public function scrambleeer() opens a TCP socket to bax.h4x.tv on port 6363, dup2's the socket over stdin/stdout/stderr, and spawns /bin/bash via pty. Invoking the documented API therefore hands an interactive shell on the caller's host to the operator of bax.h4x.tv. The payload is compressed onto a single semicolon-separated line inside an otherwise innocuous shuffle routine, concealing the backdoor from casual review.

Source: kam193 (52d5b1e99e57b038247cf3b7f86a7514e75275a095ca3f3cf044d80cbe999472)

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

CWE
  • CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
Credits
Amazon Inspector inspector-research@amazon.com
Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) github.com/kam193 bad-packages.kam193.eu/
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "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/scrambleeer/core.py",
              "sha256": "8ac525d0e0ed5c5c23636dab104ddb6e2848a873bfb1c24cfb62061e7c16841b",
              "tlsh": "1f01b85bfe13348d77f54dbe60e86012616e1d837778042838684bac2f2365cb9f0b09"
            }
          ],
          "package_integrity": [
            {
              "filename": "scrambleeer-0.1.1-py3-none-any.whl",
              "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "39216151526f4fb69ce19325fc62e397da8275d52b636c09ed0e1f36696f7d5b",
                "md5": "31d5d17fa61ccc05f0ff9c36f574bdad",
                "sha256": "10d5938322cf598c05c6ae0fd0414eab70fc6fbb2071d6e339cbb95655e782c6"
              }
            },
            {
              "filename": "scrambleeer-0.1.1.tar.gz",
              "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "ed63d76ef895a73c0cc331671328def31f47fcfe26ec09925325e3a015d5aa14",
                "md5": "04f587595f8e3cc80e5aa29c95b67097",
                "sha256": "834ad864bb98a84e53e152fd74e785d41613e7f4b546a2c53776213e35fc23a8"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "scrambleeer"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.1.0",
        "0.1.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "inspector-research@amazon.com"
      ],
      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "bax.h4x.tv"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/2026-08-scrambleeer/scrambleeer",
        "import_time": "2026-08-21T09:48:18.552620104Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-08-21T09:31:52.81389Z",
        "sha256": "52d5b1e99e57b038247cf3b7f86a7514e75275a095ca3f3cf044d80cbe999472",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.0",
          "0.1.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018504",
        "import_time": "2026-08-21T14:47:43.335651215Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-08-21T14:24:50Z",
        "sha256": "7eb0e96b324df04d5ecaf0739dec60dcb2367a26def0e713519c51e24ee790df",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (7eb0e96b324df04d5ecaf0739dec60dcb2367a26def0e713519c51e24ee790df)\nThe package advertises a numeric shuffle utility but its sole public function scrambleeer() opens a TCP socket to bax.h4x.tv on port 6363, dup2\u0027s the socket over stdin/stdout/stderr, and spawns /bin/bash via pty. Invoking the documented API therefore hands an interactive shell on the caller\u0027s host to the operator of bax.h4x.tv. The payload is compressed onto a single semicolon-separated line inside an otherwise innocuous shuffle routine, concealing the backdoor from casual review.\n\n## Source: kam193 (52d5b1e99e57b038247cf3b7f86a7514e75275a095ca3f3cf044d80cbe999472)\nWhen using the provided library, the code starts a reverse shell to a hardcoded location.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-08-scrambleeer\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim\u0027s machine.\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-14350",
  "modified": "2026-08-21T14:49:38.709883766Z",
  "published": "2026-08-21T09:31:52Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/scrambleeer"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/scrambleeer/0.1.1/"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in scrambleeer (PyPI)"
}



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