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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

dmclc

MAL-2026-2106

Malicious code in dmclc (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (895439e6afba407fb85d315e2c99f0d1434905a1ee72b172e62d55abbb8c93a3)
During installation, the package starts obfuscated code that downloads and runs remote executables in specific environments - in older packages - attempts to exfiltrate some basic information using DNS requests and then likely cover tracks by installing a similarly named package from private repository


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


Campaign: 2026-02-urllib-slim


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - obfuscation


 - dependency-confusion

Compromised versions (9)

  • 2.1.0
  • 2.1.1
  • 2.1.2
  • 2.1.3
  • 2.1.5
  • 2.1.6
  • 2.1.7
  • 2.1.9
  • 2.1.10

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