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id: MAL-2026-14350
title: Malicious code in scrambleeer (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in scrambleeer (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: scrambleeer
product: scrambleeer
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - scrambleeer
published: '2026-08-21'
updated: '2026-08-21'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14350'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/scrambleeer'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/scrambleeer/0.1.1/'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-08-21T19:23:48.143Z'
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## Overview


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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.


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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


## Affected packages

- `scrambleeer`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.