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Malicious MAL-2026-3803

venv-utils

PyPI package · versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.3

Reported May 15, 2026 · Updated May 15, 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 (9af11c23295a9a592b6fd62d62490669a752ab6dc6c0b755ebd068ec6371375f)
Package contains code to silently execute a RAT-like agent, allowing the attacker to access the file system and execute arbitrary code.

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

Campaign: 2026-05-venv-utils

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- rat

- typosquatting

- The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

- obfuscation

Indicators of compromise

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