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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

chacha-lite-encrypt

MAL-2026-1482

Malicious code in chacha-lite-encrypt (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (705b86da323a21b157504bf4833b60c8aa90a57d6db5111716afe31c114b6c1d)
During import, package decrypts and runs a malicious executable. The executable is hidden in an encoded and xored form in the JSON resource file.

This is a follow up of the campaign 2026-03-fastapi-middleware-cors


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


Campaign: 2026-03-ariadne-federation


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - malware


 - obfuscation


 - dependency-confusion


 - typosquatting

Compromised versions (1)

  • 4.2.0

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