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id: "MAL-2026-15927"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-15927"]
title: "Malicious code in qoeoe (PyPI)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "qoeoe", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 0.1.0", "ecosystem": "pypi"}]
ecosystems: ["pypi"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-09-04T10:27:28+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T20:51:56+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:10:31+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-15927", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T20:51:56+00:00"}]
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# Malicious code in qoeoe (PyPI)

## Affected

- pypi:qoeoe affected = 0.1.0 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T20:51:56+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-15927

## From the sources

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## Source: amazon-inspector (d1e6c0c50dfb4a99c6e8b2ca640cadd33877e737479d8739d5db5b39271bc967)
The package ships a single module qoeoe/starts.py whose entire body is a lambda that base64-decodes a reversed ~108 KB string literal and passes the resulting ~80 KB opaque blob directly to exec(). qoeoe/__init__.py imports starts unconditionally, so the decoded payload runs on any `import qoeoe`. The package has an empty README, no advertised functionality, no readable API surface, and no legitimate reason to hide its module body behind reversed+base64 obfuscation piped to exec. This is the import-time loader/dropper shape: arbitrary attacker-controlled code executes on the installer's Python interpreter as soon as the package is imported.

## Source: kam193 (fb52479116026de0be08479d69a7e28915fc9add4b66ff31152b0a47dc256977)
The provided functionality hides code that exfiltrates files to a remote location.


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


Campaign: 2026-09-asti


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - target:android

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