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Malicious MAL-2026-2138

open-vp-cal

PyPI package · versions 1.3.1

Reported Mar 24, 2026 · Updated Mar 24, 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 (ab8c06b5d7e9b98d62708ab7377d9e18a214e884c69b0c7217979121aed06917)
When executing the module, the code installs a package from a remote location. The remote package contains malicious code exfiltrating selected env variables and selected information from credential files. The code claims to be security research.

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

Campaign: 2026-03-open-vp-cal

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- exfiltration-env-variables

- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

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

Indicators of compromise

Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.

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