{"id":"MAL-2026-17712","title":"Malicious code in ig-gox (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in ig-gox (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"ig-gox","product":"ig-gox","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["ig-gox"],"published":"2026-10-09","updated":"2026-10-09","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-09T10:00:25.355891798Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17712","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ig-gox"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-10T07:37:42.955Z","slug":"MAL-2026-17712","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (780638a0747103eb44a85312a2cfb552981e498655f638c5baf86eb4a5f74042)\nPackage hides obfuscated code aimed to avoid analysis and downloading the remote stage. The remote code is used to abuse Instagram service for mass fake account registration.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-ig-gox\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n - abusing-3rd-api\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `ig-gox`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":70,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":52.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":18,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}