VYPR
← All malware advisories

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

obfuscation

MAL-2026-5100

Malicious code in obfuscation (PyPI)

Details


---
_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_

## Source: kam193 (9a6d747918a89b433d6b670595d6b8d3049f49a69762c3e483d4f0f9dbeb81a3)
During installation, the code tamper with security settings and downloads and executes malicious executable.


---

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


Campaign: 2026-05-cryptolock


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - malware

Compromised versions (3)

  • 3.23.0
  • 3.23.2
  • 3.23.3

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