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GCVE-110-OSM-2026-12863

GCVE-110-OSM-2026-12863
Advisory PublishedCVSS 8.8/10
Vulnetix · Advisory published September 24, 2026
The package automatically joins the machine to a proxy network. Depending on the version, it can happen during the package installation or when importing the module. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-09-prosocks Reasons (based on the campaign): - other - peristence-autorun - persistence ENTRY prosocks/main.py (console-script: 'prosocks=prosocks.main:main') EXFIL - System Information Exfiltration in prosocks/main.py: "socket.gethostname() for url in ['http://ip-api.com/json/', 'https://api.ipify.o..." - HTTP Data Exfiltration in prosocks/main.py: "socket.gethostname() for url in ['http://ip-api.com/json/', 'https://api.ipify.o..." - System Information Exfiltration in prosocks.py: "socket.gethostname() for url in ['http://ip-api.com/json/', 'https://api.ipify.o..." - HTTP Data Exfiltration in prosocks.py: "socket.gethostname() for url in ['http://ip-api.com/json/', 'https://api.ipify.o..." - Python Background Thread Execution in prosocks/main.py: "threading.Thread(target=self._send_bandwidth_updates, daemon=True).start() threa..." - Network Request in prosocks/main.py: "requests.get(" - System Information Collection in prosocks/main.py: "socket.gethostname()" - Python Background Thread Execution in prosocks.py: "threading.Thread(target=self._test_and_send_bandwidth, daemon=True).start() logg..." (+2 more) ADDITIONAL FINDINGS - Shell Command Execution in prosocks/__init__.py: "subprocess.Popen(" - Silent Process Execution in prosocks/__init__.py: "stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL" PAYLOAD FILES prosocks/main.py (+ prosocks.py)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-506Embedded Malicious Code

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
8.8/10
High · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
unknownprosocksall (affected)—

References

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