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Malicious MAL-2026-5878

cache-compat-utils

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0

Reported Jun 16, 2026 · Updated Jul 9, 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: amazon-inspector (70fc75889476bd737b302c856fb1d2da1b263a93786bc27fed3978c3eb0584cd)
The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code

Source: kam193 (3abe4019efea5cdd405c9129e127f5d8b05456422574e40b01c6ec3b10177975)
The package contains obfuscated JS code with an infostealer harvesting all kinds of credentials, as well as a worm capable of spreading the infection further.

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

Campaign: 2026-06-cache-compat-utils

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- obfuscation

- malware

- infostealer

- exfiltration-credentials

- exfiltration-ssh-keys

- exfiltration-cloud-tokens