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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

apkeep

MAL-2026-3431

Malicious code in apkeep (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (d545ff7c3c178485cfb49d0028c4c808e67d0ee0fddcb4b7b195c943bb07d888)
The package pretends to be a fork of a legitimate Rust library and uses the identity of the original authors. During usage, the obfuscated code targets information held by Kanji/Iru security tools and exfiltrates basic informations to typosquated domain.


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


Campaign: 2026-05-apkeep


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - obfuscation


 - impersonation


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage

Compromised versions (2)

  • 0.1.0
  • 1.0.1

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