---
id: "MAL-2026-17755"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-17755"]
title: "Malicious code in agent-vx (PyPI)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "agent-vx", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 0.1.0", "ecosystem": "pypi"}]
ecosystems: ["pypi"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-10T11:19:48+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T20:51:59+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:06:18+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17755", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T20:51:59+00:00"}]
---

# Malicious code in agent-vx (PyPI)

## Affected

- pypi:agent-vx affected = 0.1.0 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T20:51:59+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17755

## From the sources

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## Source: amazon-inspector (90f0a2b273b0361ffd4057f114f1be1eaf9469c9746d2737a21947905570ff80)
On `import agentaix`, the package's __init__.py runs a top-level `install_manage()` side effect that renames a bundled `readme.txt` into `manage.py` and launches it with pythonw.exe using CREATE_NO_WINDOW so no console appears. The disguised script registers the installer as `username@hostname` with https://googleforum.pythonanywhere.com and then polls that endpoint for commands. The command handlers include `exec` (arbitrary shell via `subprocess.run(command, shell=True)`), plus list, download, upload, delete, rename, and open — a full remote-controlled shell and file manager driven by a hardcoded author endpoint, with no authentication beyond the username@hostname identifier. The `download` handler reads any path accessible to the user process, base64-encodes the contents, and POSTs them back to https://googleforum.pythonanywhere.com/api/client/<id>/result, enabling remote-triggered exfiltration of arbitrary files. For persistence, `_add_to_startup` writes an `AgentAIXManage` value under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run pointing at pythonw.exe plus the renamed script so the C2 client auto-starts at every user login. The payload fires the moment the module is imported, with no user interaction, and the readme.txt disguise plus hidden-window launch are deliberate evasion of casual inspection.

## Source: kam193 (f91699ff915dd2020b9736052f7036ee723aaaa0628e5384ff47f65577d397f6)
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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