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CVE-2020-26292: Potential Malware Discovered (Possible False Positive)

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-01-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-507

Description

Creeper is an experimental dynamic, interpreted language. The binary release of Creeper Interpreter 1.1.3 contains potential malware. The compromised binary release was available for a few hours between December 26, 2020 at 3:22 PM EST to December 26, 2020 at 11:00 PM EST. If you used the source code, you are **NOT** affected. This only affects the binary releases. The binary of unknown quality has been removed from the release. If you have downloaded the binary, please delete it and run a reputable antivirus scanner to ensure that your computer is clean.

Affected products

• chatter-social Creeper: 1.1.3

References

• https://github.com/chatter-social/Creeper/security/advisories/GHSA-9v67-g2rg-m33j
• https://github.com/chatter-social/Creeper/security/advisories/GHSA-9v67-g2rg-m33j

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