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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'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (719b4c85917a0a8bc84e7591598b0d17098dd32c8f29b5c09eb25fe1d3e079c3)
During installation, the code runs code to silently control the device via Telegram bot (execute commands, exfiltrate files).


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


Campaign: 2026-05-system-update-tool


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


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


 - files-exfiltration


 - peristence-autorun


 - persistence


 - impersonation


## Affected packages

- `pwn-control`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.