tgeffect

{"modified":"2026-04-22T21:23:32Z","published":"2025-11-22T15:12:29Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-191897","summary":"Malicious code in tgeffect (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e254217ac113edcc1914bdfcda06509137ceed6a7441b3c846653d769335bcaa)\nImporting the module starts obfuscated code which then look for data related to some Telegram clients and attempt to exfiltrate them\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-11-tgeffect\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - target:telegram\n\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"tgeffect"},"versions":["1.1.3","1.1.2","1.1.0","1.2.1","1.3.1","1.4.1","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tgeffect"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"ReversingLabs","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","sha256":"624fb77437544790ca097e5dbddf8b4f9f309bd3f0f5be52f9a97b34a4cdb0f3","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.641309069Z","id":"pypi/2025-11-tgeffect/tgeffect","modified_time":"2025-11-22T18:24:54.617347Z","versions":["1.1.3","1.1.2","1.1.0","1.1.3","1.2.1","1.3.1","1.4.1","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"e254217ac113edcc1914bdfcda06509137ceed6a7441b3c846653d769335bcaa","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.682736586Z","id":"pypi/2025-11-tgeffect/tgeffect","modified_time":"2025-11-22T18:24:54.617347Z","versions":["1.1.3","1.1.2","1.1.0","1.1.3","1.2.1","1.3.1","1.4.1","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"9955b619a1f6a19c03fd67e2b7605f97d04dae865c20e77e3d382e065175d5e5","import_time":"2025-12-24T10:07:31.543634319Z","id":"RLMA-2025-06597","modified_time":"2025-12-23T08:39:56Z","versions":["1.1.0","1.1.2","1.1.3","1.2.1","1.3.1","1.4.1"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"72a3075c57d45010431a0a1fdb7ea7fd5064e54913dbf791811562faa5b46ec8","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.198137493Z","id":"pypi/2025-11-tgeffect/tgeffect","modified_time":"2025-11-22T18:24:54.617347Z","versions":["1.1.0","1.1.2","1.1.3","1.1.3","1.2.1","1.3.1","1.4.1","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"a360e73139b8ee500ef03e53a4332ee87e9653ce4689ee33ee9cca5270372f89","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:33.333205097Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00817","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:19:27Z","versions":["1.4.4","1.4.2","1.4.3"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"11284deadc939cb2569f350f0d1d5e571c1dd05a6b12f6b0c549bbc55c109a07","import_time":"2026-04-22T21:21:55.460057941Z","id":"pypi/2025-11-tgeffect/tgeffect","modified_time":"2025-11-22T18:24:54.617347Z","versions":["1.1.0","1.1.2","1.1.3","1.2.1","1.3.1","1.4.1","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4"]}]}}