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Module not found: gnureadline

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
security

Research direction

Start with the referenced hoaxshell-listener.py command and inspect where it imports gnureadline and how that dependency is documented or installed. Done means the shown Python command no longer fails with ModuleNotFoundError; the payload does not identify a repository file or test.

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Description

sudo python3 -c "$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/t3l3machus/hoaxshell/main/revshells/hoaxshell-listener.py)" -t ps-iex -p 444

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 25, in
import gnureadline as global_readline
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gnureadline'

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