{"id":"MAL-2026-17755","title":"Malicious code in agent-vx (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in agent-vx (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"agent-vx","product":"agent-vx","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["agent-vx"],"published":"2026-10-10","updated":"2026-10-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-10T11:45:03.471977121Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17755","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/agent-vx"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-11T07:43:08.914Z","slug":"MAL-2026-17755","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (815c9aad02259785c1e8b8569c0aead4598c1ea8f4802463a8db7f7240410296)\nThe package installs a persistent job that allows the attacker for exfiltrating files and executing remote code on the victim's machine.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-agentaix\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - peristence-autorun\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - rat\n\n\n - persistence\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `agent-vx`\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":[]}