{
  "modified": "2026-10-19T02:29:22Z",
  "published": "2026-10-19T02:26:31Z",
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "id": "MAL-2026-17927",
  "summary": "Malicious code in fabtoolkit (PyPI)",
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (e55333b9d934a04c029943e0e6fbf34fff7c1344e0d1964b6860bc02d322855d)\nfabtoolkit executes a payload (embedded as a CHILD string run via `subprocess.run([sys.executable,'-I','-c',CHILD],...)`) that fetches a JSON config from https://transfer.archivete.am/H2Uxm/fabdeploycheck-config.json with TLS verification disabled (`ssl._create_unverified_context()`) and dispatches on config-supplied `kind` values: `file` reads arbitrary filesystem paths, `run` executes attacker-supplied argv via subprocess, `http` issues attacker-chosen requests with Bearer tokens chained from previously-read files, `tcp` probes ports, and `revsh` forks a daemon that polls `base+'/'+ident+'-cmd.txt'` and pipes the returned bytes into `/bin/sh -c`, PUTting stdout/stderr back to the same host. Collected file contents, command output, HTTP responses, and probe results are packed into an in-memory zip and PUT to transfer.archivete.am under an attacker-chosen report name. Before daemonizing, the payload walks `/proc/*/cmdline` and SIGKILLs processes whose cmdlines contain `FABDRV3`, `fabdrv2`, or `connection ready`, enforcing single-instance persistence and clearing prior variants. The entry points `python -m fabtoolkit` and any import path reaching `selftest()`/`check()` trigger the payload. The destination is an anonymous public file-transfer host; config-controlled file reads enable harvesting of credentials such as `~/.aws/credentials` and `~/.ssh/*` along with cloud metadata via the `http` kind. The package has no legitimate functionality matching its naming.\n",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "fabtoolkit"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.1.2",
        "0.1.1",
        "0.1.0"
      ],
      "database_specific": {
        "cwes": [
          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
          },
          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
          },
          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
          }
        ],
        "indicators": {
          "evidence_files": [
            {
              "path": "fabtoolkit/__init__.py",
              "sha256": "518954224d7879e904b0f7fa669c0f7463e7ea0269ed7f0ed50681178bfce0f5",
              "tlsh": "09e18322981a3472d283e53cac31c9557b56be1b910398717edc9b645fc84b7c0b27ba"
            }
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          "package_integrity": [
            {
              "filename": "fabtoolkit-0.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
              "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "2fec5b2c219bcc8605baf68810edf70577716b20d81e4457a0229ae993b2b6ba",
                "md5": "f6b79c593a351f3e8c9a9a88aedf0de8",
                "sha256": "1e527bdf3345ce4e7e24091205ef6c84a06508bf5bf83c7bdec48d26b7522b2b"
              }
            }
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      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/fabtoolkit/0.1.2/"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/fabtoolkit/0.1.1/"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/fabtoolkit/0.1.0/"
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER",
      "contact": [
        "inspector-research@amazon.com"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021526",
        "import_time": "2026-10-19T02:27:23.818284981Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-10-19T02:26:57Z",
        "sha256": "567b18257d1e8a385129705e40ad51484d1a86491c08c37d8bf192965273cb7b",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
        "versions": [
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        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021523",
        "import_time": "2026-10-19T02:27:23.723807383Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-10-19T02:26:31Z",
        "sha256": "7d579abeba93f8d9fe48b53f95a1ba8e45fb4630f19269aca4c5a9149c4bf6cd",
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      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021525",
        "import_time": "2026-10-19T02:27:23.784650522Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-10-19T02:26:46Z",
        "sha256": "e55333b9d934a04c029943e0e6fbf34fff7c1344e0d1964b6860bc02d322855d",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
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}