pypi
Malicious randomstringgen @0.4
Vulnerability report · Last retrieved from osv.dev August 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM UTC
OSV ID
MAL-2026-1089
Ecosystem
pypi
Summary
Using the provided function results in exfiltrating the current running file (likely the user's script) to the hardcoded location. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-02-old-randomstringgen Reasons (based on the campaign): - files-exfiltration - action-hidden-in-lib-usage
Source: kam193 (9fc95ea566ad1938f7f75123eee2d8b3365bf55f06d7aa8a5f569f5e4c696132)
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