dictmerge-lite

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (86ffa17e6ebc93b9c0509a6f6ec0f11a17bc79eec75d4fecf0f0b9520c3b93c5)
During installation or import, the package executes infostealer code and exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet, browsers' data, SSH keys and development credential files.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-dictmerge-lite


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - infostealer


 - exfiltration-crypto


 - exfiltration-browser-data


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - exfiltration-ssh-keys


 - exfiltration-credentials

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/d2ebcdbd276ec106f93da643ca28b4f44839a7c2/osv/malicious/pypi/dictmerge-lite/MAL-2026-18301.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/dictmerge-lite
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/d2ebcdbd276ec106f93da643ca28b4f44839a7c2/osv/malicious/pypi/dictmerge-lite/MAL-2026-18301.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/6a544937d473f5c62325374b09d7cac95ca59723/osv/malicious/pypi/dictmerge-lite/MAL-2026-18301.json
- https://pypi.org/project/dictmerge-lite/1.0.0
- https://registry.bitbison.io/pypi/dictmerge-lite#review
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-825m-m2h7-7cwc

Compromised versions (1)

• = 1.0.0

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