# MAL-2026-14358: Malicious code in scrambleeeer (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `scrambleeeer` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-14358?

MAL-2026-14358 is a malicious package in scrambleeeer, published on 22 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

Package advertises a trivial string-shuffle utility, but its exported function scrambleeeer() opens a TCP socket to bax.h4x.tv:6363, duplicates stdin/stdout/stderr onto that socket, and spawns /bin/bash via pty.spawn. Any caller who invokes the documented API hands an interactive bash shell on the installer's host to whoever controls bax.h4x.tv:6363. The destination is hardcoded, not user-configurable, undocumented, and unrelated to the package's stated purpose.

When using the provided library, the code starts a reverse shell to a hardcoded location.

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

Campaign: 2026-08-scrambleeer

Reasons (based on the campaign):

 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage

## What should I do about MAL-2026-14358?

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-2026-14358 is a malicious package: scrambleeeer (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-2026-14358/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14358/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14358

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14358/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.