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Malicious MAL-2026-5100

obfuscation

PyPI package · versions 3.23.0, 3.23.2, 3.23.3

Reported May 31, 2026 · Updated May 31, 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 (9a6d747918a89b433d6b670595d6b8d3049f49a69762c3e483d4f0f9dbeb81a3)
During installation, the code tamper with security settings and downloads and executes malicious executable.

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

Campaign: 2026-05-cryptolock

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

- Downloads and executes a remote executable.

- malware

Indicators of compromise

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

URLs

  • hxxps://github[.]com/seIfrighteous/x/releases/download/selfrighteous/setup[.]exe other packages →
  • hxxps://tmpfiles[.]org/dl/wVwFfznUQdRr/main[.]exe other packages →
  • hxxps://github[.]com/seIfrighteous/x/releases/download/selfrighteous/NisSrv[.]exe other packages →
  • hxxps://github[.]com/seIfrighteous/x/releases/download/selfrighteous/MpClient[.]dll other packages →