pypi · Malicious package advisory
Malwarechacha-lite-encrypt
MAL-2026-1482
Malicious code in chacha-lite-encrypt (PyPI)
Details
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## 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 --- 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.