mgrcfg

GHSA-7pq9-9w2w-2fg6

Malicious code in mgrcfg (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.6.7`

## Source: kam193 (eeb9b6975940ff31a6a0f6361fd93d8d361a3687103c94c011a6fdf510a2fdec)
The code exfiltrates content copied to clipboard content to a hardcoded location. The code is obfuscated and has a persistence mechanism.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2026-03-cfgmgr-syn


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - clipboard-stealing


 - obfuscation


 - exfiltration-generic


 - persistence

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/mgrcfg/MAL-2026-2124.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mgrcfg
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/mgrcfg/MAL-2026-2124.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7pq9-9w2w-2fg6

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.6.7

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.