pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwarepandas-data
GHSA-q6jq-mhp8-8v86
Malicious code in pandas-data (PyPI)
Details
**Severity:** Critical **Affected versions:** `= 0.0.38` ## Source: kam193 (34c3e3d51b95102fd72f00c2b6c4bce7e34a801326dfbe7557f2d4346ed37508) Package installs persistent malware acting as Rat, with the focus of stealing data and modifying copied cryptowallet addresses. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-05-py-requests Reasons (based on the campaign): - rat - typosquatting - persistence - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script. - crypto-related - clipboard-modify - exfiltration-browser-data - exfiltration-crypto - infostealer --- Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pandas-data/MAL-2026-3661.json)) **References:** - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pandas-data - https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pandas-data/MAL-2026-3661.json - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6jq-mhp8-8v86
Compromised versions (1)
- = 0.0.38
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.