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Malicious MAL-2026-18098

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PyPI package · versions 0.1.0

Reported Oct 20, 2026 · Updated Oct 20, 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: kam193 (c7f807a5943ac03cda3bdddc675ad3192d210e1f0ba1300959feff5d1d29c915)
The package is most likely a reconnaissance of a shared infrastructure, collecting potentially sensitive data from cloud endpoints, activated via a PTH file on every Python loading. Collected data are stored in a local filesystem, suggesting the operator has to have some degree of control of the environment.

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

Campaign: 2026-10-omeraf

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- exfiltration-cloud-tokens

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

- other

- abuses-pth