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Malicious MAL-2026-849

jsonconfig-utils

PyPI package · versions 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 1.0.10, 1.0.11

Reported Feb 11, 2026 · Updated Feb 11, 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 (883897a307b53ac17e981eac46b8d6f8c31d88fc2628c6d57c5f7f191ed84b81)
During installation, package installs a script that listens for remote commands and executes them. The script is also added to autostart configuration and disguised as system application

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

Campaign: 2026-02-devtools-webhook-cicd-utils

Reasons (based on the campaign):

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

- peristence-autorun

- The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

- obfuscation

Indicators of compromise

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