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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'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (815c9aad02259785c1e8b8569c0aead4598c1ea8f4802463a8db7f7240410296)
The package installs a persistent job that allows the attacker for exfiltrating files and executing remote code on the victim's machine.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-agentaix


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - peristence-autorun


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.


 - rat


 - persistence


## Affected packages

- `agent-vx`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.