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Malicious MAL-2026-593

pypi-package-explore

PyPI package · versions 0.0.1a0, 0.0.2a0, 0.0.3a0, 0.0.4a1, 0.0.4a2, 0.0.4a3, 0.0.4a4

Reported Jan 28, 2026 · Updated Jan 28, 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 (54257ec88b5f7a5bd69177f84a4c396ab208e727ba1c7b079056f1fab2705c37)
Package presents an extremely deep obfuscation of a code that is imported during installation. The exact behavior is unknown, but it includes loading encrypted code and interrupting debugging attempts

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

Campaign: 2026-01-pypi-package-explore

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- obfuscation

- other