aiolrucache

GHSA-7w65-qcjj-m752

Malicious code in aiolrucache (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (8b847ab6789b3a3848d887f76adae74d05523dd4cb1a974372518679d27ed70e)
The package masquerades as a utility, but during import, code loads obfuscated modules with RAT- and spyware-like functionality, including: exfiltrating files, executing remote code, taking screenshots, monitoring and exfiltrating the clipboard content. Malicious code is controlled via Discord.


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


Campaign: 2026-03-aiolrucache


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


 - spyware-like


 - keylogger


 - clipboard-stealing


 - obfuscation


 - files-exfiltration

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/aiolrucache/MAL-2026-2020.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/aiolrucache
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/aiolrucache/MAL-2026-2020.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7w65-qcjj-m752

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

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