MAL-2026-1436

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    MAL-2026-1436

    Published: 15 Mar 2026Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in do-not-install-this-package-004 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (155862095ddb7d3410298aef76abdda3e7eeaf5609b72f97c30790c317b8d1cb) During installation, the package exfiltrates env variables and data from different process memory to a remote location Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-01-do-not-install-this-package-002 Reasons (based on the campaign): - exfiltration-generic - exfiltration-credentials - exfiltration-env-variables - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/do-not-install-this-package-004

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: do-not-install-this-package-004

    Purl: pkg:pypi/do-not-install-this-package-004

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0
    MAL-2026-1436 | CVE-DB