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Malicious MAL-2026-3431

apkeep

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0, 1.0.1

Reported May 11, 2026 · Updated May 11, 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 (d545ff7c3c178485cfb49d0028c4c808e67d0ee0fddcb4b7b195c943bb07d888)
The package pretends to be a fork of a legitimate Rust library and uses the identity of the original authors. During usage, the obfuscated code targets information held by Kanji/Iru security tools and exfiltrates basic informations to typosquated domain.

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

Campaign: 2026-05-apkeep

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.

- obfuscation

- impersonation

- action-hidden-in-lib-usage

Indicators of compromise

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

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