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tarpackage

MAL-2026-4166

Malicious code in tarpackage (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (32df873f7d91846104a4637b94b2816fea2023260d81c2ecbc5f3c6d5b6a934a)
The package exfiltrates env variables during installation


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


Campaign: 2026-05-tarpackage


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - exfiltration-env-variables

Compromised versions (1)

  • 1.0.0

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