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 (8cc746751844570c4d9de0acc1fc4aba45c1316434c664fc70711749720f88f1)
During import, a remote executable is automatically started. During analysis, the executable only showed a basic message. It's likely experimenting with malicious techniques to prepare for real malicious action.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-04-mylib-utils
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- Downloads and executes a remote executable.
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
URLs
- hxxps://github[.]com/mathhosting/rv/releases/download/dfea/scaring[.]exe other packages →