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Malicious MAL-2026-16268

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PyPI package · versions 2.5.4

Reported Sep 17, 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 (4b837b7b56f9b239c9d0c86bd2e7d432d3223e496a9820c54b0a14fd3c542b22)
The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code

Source: kam193 (7561fd94425cdde34f5f9f3d20482a0da8680414d0f38e1e00fea419ce23cf66)
The package hides code to exfiltrate specific files from the user's machine. The used file paths suggest it was intended to be used in a CTF-like environment.

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

Campaign: 2026-09-pyjstat-smooth

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- files-exfiltration

- obfuscation

- targetted-attack

- clones-real-package