# MAL-2026-14131: Malicious code in infogram-bot (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `infogram-bot` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-14131?

MAL-2026-14131 is a malicious package in infogram-bot, published on 18 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

infogram-bot@1.6.0 implements a Telegram bot that accepts text messages from remote parties and passes them directly to subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True,...) on the host running the package, giving any authorized Telegram user (and, for the.sh command, any member of a group chat) arbitrary shell command execution with the privileges of the process. Additional handlers expose 'get all' (walks the working directory, zips it, and uploads all files in 50MB chunks via reply_document), 'take <file>' / 'tk a' (streams any requested file or all files under the cwd back to the Telegram chat), '.printenv' (iterates os.environ and sends every environment variable value to the chat), and '.grep' (greps environment values and files for arbitrary substrings and returns matches). Together these provide a full remote-shell backdoor plus a data-exfiltration channel to a destination the host owner did not configure at runtime. pyproject.toml also ships placeholder maintainer metadata (author 'Aapka Naam' / you@example.com, Homepage containing the literal 'YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME'), consistent with low-attribution publication.

The package provides Telegram-based remote access to the machine it runs on. It was deliberately created and used to hack other machines, exfiltrate files and credentials.

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

Campaign: 2026-08-httpz-requests

Reasons (based on the campaign):

 - files-exfiltration

 - rat

 - persistence

 - uses-telegram-bot

 - obfuscation

 - native-extension

## What should I do about MAL-2026-14131?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-14131 is a malicious package: infogram-bot (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14131/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14131/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14131

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14131/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.