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Malicious MAL-2026-3697

syntaxlogger

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4

Reported May 13, 2026 · Updated May 13, 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 (ebc8a65895fc09c10b6e6bf23926076ec575582e80e084616e6779b091df947d)
When using the provided functionality, code silently downloads archives with executables to a location excluded from A scanning, and then executes them. The remote content appears to be a legitimate application manipulated via DLL poisoning to perform malicious actions.

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

Campaign: 2026-05-syntaxlogger

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- Downloads and executes a remote executable.

- action-hidden-in-lib-usage

- malware

Indicators of compromise

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

URLs

  • hxxps://github[.]com/HokageRegard/excrypto/raw/refs/heads/main/photo_5992346016880986941_y[.]pngsss other packages →
  • hxxps://github[.]com/HokageRegard/excrypto/raw/refs/heads/main/screenshot555[.]jpgzaza other packages →