{"id":"MAL-2026-3248","title":"Malicious code in pwn-control (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in pwn-control (PyPI)","severity":"none","vendor":"pwn-control","product":"pwn-control","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["pwn-control"],"published":"2026-05-03","updated":"2026-07-09","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-3248","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pwn-control"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"ingestedAt":"2026-07-09T11:56:19.181Z","slug":"MAL-2026-3248","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (719b4c85917a0a8bc84e7591598b0d17098dd32c8f29b5c09eb25fe1d3e079c3)\nDuring installation, the code runs code to silently control the device via Telegram bot (execute commands, exfiltrate files).\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-system-update-tool\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - rat\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 - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - peristence-autorun\n\n\n - persistence\n\n\n - impersonation\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `pwn-control`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}