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Malicious code in houdus (PyPI)

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Published: 09/04/2026 (09/04/2026, 22:49:16 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Product: houdus

Description

--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: kam193 (94c533504ec9815f9ba159827d0c7516c779d03d31fc3ac897317fdbc14c2805) During import, package loads code disguised as ".wav" file. It performs extensive fingerprinting against sandboxes, and finally downloads and executes heavily obfuscated code. The remote code tries once more to avoid sandbox execution, establishes persistence via scheduled tasks and executes shellcode. Malicious code targets only Windows. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-09-houdus Reasons (based on the campaign): - obfuscation - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script. - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment. - persistence - shellcode

Affected software

PyPIghsa
houdus
Affected versions
=1.0.0=1.0.1

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
MAL-2026-15933
Osv Schema Version
1.7.4
Aliases
[]
Ecosystems
["PyPI"]
Database Specific Severity
null
Cvss Version
null

Threat ID: 6a9c2599acd9273b49fbe68e

Added to database: 09/05/2026, 14:22:17 UTC

Last updated: 09/05/2026, 14:31:26 UTC

Views: 2

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