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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

memtools

MAL-2025-6549

Malicious code in memtools (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (fafb3bba871c43e80681f3c9f4618ec7547fe2295b120eb93adf31a59bf021f3)
Installing the package triggers a code that looks like downloading a picture, but in fact downloads and starts an executable with malware. Note that file supplied from the URL differs depending on the presence of the special header


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


Campaign: 2025-07-memlib


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - malware

Compromised versions (1)

  • 2.0.0

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