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id: MAL-2026-14100
title: Malicious code in socks5901 (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in socks5901 (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: socks5901
product: socks5901
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - socks5901
published: '2026-08-17'
updated: '2026-08-17'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14100'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/socks5901'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-08-18T12:28:09.470Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (e6184fc1c33621ffa99f06b96ac94f05944bc3c7b431243e50ede0bb396e7dd3)
During import, package exfiltrates all files from "/sdcard/"


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


Campaign: 2026-08-socks5901


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - uses-telegram-bot


 - target:android


## Affected packages

- `socks5901`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.