MAL-2026-17712Critical▾ Abyssal⚠ Exploited in the wildMalicious code in ig-gox (PyPI)
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 52.3 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 18
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Package 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.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-10-ig-gox
Reasons (based on the campaign):
The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.
obfuscation
Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
abusing-3rd-api
ig-goxRefer to the advisory for the patched release.