morty-package

GHSA-q9wj-jc9q-596g

Malicious code in morty-package (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.0a1`

## Source: kam193 (d87e4d2c5f3096d67a98e166e70ed6d4288c7d7554852e8d14bb60213f9a574b)
Package presents an extremely deep obfuscation of a code that is imported during installation. The exact behavior is unknown, but it includes loading encrypted code and interrupting debugging attempts


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


Campaign: 2026-01-pypi-package-explore


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


 - other

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/morty-package/MAL-2026-595.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/morty-package
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/morty-package/MAL-2026-595.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9wj-jc9q-596g

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.0a1

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