Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Malicious MAL-2026-624

hultine

PyPI package · versions 1.0.1, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4

Reported Feb 1, 2026 · Updated Feb 1, 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 (c6e91ab35953cced9cf886a16976bb282de1dcf804938f4179a2dcf8dc1af731)
Package exploits dependency confusion. A beacon request is used to report usage back, but no additional information are exfiltrated.

---

Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: GENERIC-beacon-dependency-confusion

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- typosquatting

- dependency-confusion