---
id: "MAL-2026-17752"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-17752"]
title: "Malicious code in agentaix (PyPI)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "agentaix", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 0.1.0; = 0.2.0", "ecosystem": "pypi"}]
ecosystems: ["pypi"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-10T07:57:16+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T20:51:59+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:08:21+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17752", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T20:51:59+00:00"}]
---

# Malicious code in agentaix (PyPI)

## Affected

- pypi:agentaix affected = 0.1.0; = 0.2.0 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T20:51:59+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17752

## From the sources

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## Source: amazon-inspector (c403a9ecab78c519698c7faebcb0f9de4f8af059a4c3f5803acf8c534923138a)
On `import agentaix`, `src/agentaix/__init__.py` executes `drop_readme_on_desktop()` at module top level, copying the bundled file `readme.txt` to `~/Desktop/readme.txt`. The file is not documentation: it is a Python remote-access client with a `#!/usr/bin/env python3` shebang that registers `username@hostname` with a hardcoded command-and-control server at `https://googleforum.pythonanywhere.com` and polls `/api/client/<id>/...` for operator commands. Handlers implement arbitrary shell execution via `subprocess.run(command, shell=True)` (`handle_exec`), arbitrary file read with base64-encoded upload back to the C2 (`handle_download`), plus `upload`, `delete`, `rename`, and `open` operations. The dropper stages the payload under a benign filename in a highly visible location to induce the user to run it; once run, the operator obtains interactive shell and arbitrary file read on the host, enabling theft of SSH keys, cloud credentials, and other secrets. `pyproject.toml` ships placeholder author metadata (`Your Name` / `you@example.com`, `github.com/yourname/agentaix`), consistent with an unattributed malicious upload.

## Source: kam193 (f42a135102abc5c66418237d4c6d9f8ee608570f8d4d5146463924666e0338e1)
The package installs a persistent job that allows the attacker for exfiltrating files and executing remote code on the victim's machine.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-agentaix


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - peristence-autorun


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.


 - rat


 - persistence


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

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