ninja-core-optimizer

MAL-2026-3396

Malicious code in ninja-core-optimizer (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (fbe38f659a9fac5304f648aa594e12123221abd687755378f05b3efe17d6d4c7)
During installation, obfuscated code exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet data to a hardcoded location


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


Campaign: 2026-05-ninja-core-utils


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - obfuscation


 - crypto-related


 - exfiltration-crypto


 - backdoor

Compromised versions (2)

1.3.3
1.3.4

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