Malicious code in getpubip (PyPI)
The advisory, in context
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Source: amazon-inspector (6d316a35a6fe335032b2c59e47627c0af28bec9688cba40585f1365cab4f4452)
getpubip/init.py runs exec() on an approximately 2KB opaque payload produced by reversing a string literal, base64-decoding it, and zlib-decompressing it (lambda : import('zlib').decompress(import('base64').b64decode([::-1])); exec(_(b'...'))). The package advertises itself as a three-line helper that returns the host's public IP by calling ipify, and a clean implementation of that functionality exists in core.py; init.py does not re-export get_ip and its only effect on import is to execute the hidden blob. The payload is reached whenever a consumer runs import getpubip or python -m getpubip, so any installer that uses the package executes the concealed code with no further user action. The triple-layered obfuscation (string reverse, base64, zlib) and single-character identifiers are deliberately chosen to hide the executed code from reviewers; whatever the decoded bytes do runs in the installer's process on first import.
Source: kam193 (6a07d6dd387bbd88252ffdda7f8c10daf988f0622250daf20e7ec8ee0f63c6d5)
During import, obfuscated code downloads and executes an infostealer. Campaign shares some similarities with the campaign 2026-10-fontcase.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-10-getpubip
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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Downloads and executes a remote executable.
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infostealer
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exfiltration-browser-data
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obfuscation
Affected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
3 explicitly affected versions
0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2
View affected-version evidence
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"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.1",
"0.1.2"
]
}