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Malicious MAL-2026-16131

aitextutils-py

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1

Reported Sep 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 23, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: amazon-inspector (d70c1bd80ce0363cc25271a25e742ebe8c4346c872456f78b1ac039ef4641a67)
The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code

Source: kam193 (59b5d893cd227654dae3bd7964e54ba20c99963660993e4239f34bba0d50b772)
This package executes code from malicious dependency, which hides code downloading script, which then downloads and executes a heavily obfuscated final stage. The remote stages are hosted on a domain presenting a suspicious-looking corporate website. The downloaded code establishes persistence e.g. as "anymeetly-cameradriver" systemd service.

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

Campaign: 2026-09-aitextkit-py

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- obfuscation

- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

- persistence

- infostealer

- exfiltration-browser-data

- rat

- The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

Indicators of compromise

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