MAL-2026-1222

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    MAL-2026-1222

    Published: 3 Mar 2026Last Modified: 23 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in optimal-spark-config (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (a1c1bf78d6e3b593fd29329b4175a48c645abf4b4b63e93db68f25221329d14c) During installation, the package starts obfuscated code that attempts to exfiltrate some basic information using DNS requests and then likely cover tracks by installing a similarly named package from private repository Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-02-urllib-slim Reasons (based on the campaign): - typosquatting - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - obfuscation - dependency-confusion

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/optimal-spark-config, https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d6029cce705b3842042106efb737c8b14eb736fdbfb8d0d03c3dfbc8d6c207a5?nocache=1, https://github.com/loudpage5125, https://github.com/geekennedy/, https://github.com/GCLNS

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: optimal-spark-config

    Purl: pkg:pypi/optimal-spark-config

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    14.0.0
    14.0.1
    14.0.2
    14.0.3
    MAL-2026-1222 | CVE-DB