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 (4358458e150317ab394c6dd2d0137a8c395a32bae309cc1bfd829f123dab1393)
These packages are used as build dependencies of malicious packages in newer waves of the campaign 2026-02-urllib-slim. They are used to split the malicious action between dependencies and are not malicious alone, but are used together to: exfiltrate information through DNS, collect information about the processes and covering tracks by installing packages from local private repositories.
Package nspack additionally notifies upon importing a domain known for malicious activity with the package and hostname.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-03-geekennedy
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
- The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
Domains
- 1r[.]vc other packages →
- gcloudns[.]net other packages →