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Malicious MAL-2026-6960

pyqt6darktheme

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0

Reported Jul 8, 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: kam193 (8cd6d16792d681b160ae1e11b3f698d8fd3004cd6019704008ad1c649fbe6f67)
Package downloads and runs a remote executable, which was found to downloads further exes and starting coine mining

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

Campaign: 2026-07-pyqt6darktheme

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- cryptominer

- Downloads and executes a remote executable.

- malware

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

Indicators of compromise

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

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