MAL-2026-1482

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    MAL-2026-1482

    Published: 16 Mar 2026Last Modified: 16 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in chacha-lite-encrypt (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (705b86da323a21b157504bf4833b60c8aa90a57d6db5111716afe31c114b6c1d) During import, package decrypts and runs a malicious executable. The executable is hidden in an encoded and xored form in the JSON resource file. This is a follow up of the campaign 2026-03-fastapi-middleware-cors Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-03-ariadne-federation Reasons (based on the campaign): - malware - obfuscation - dependency-confusion - typosquatting

    References: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/609d9adb5afe6fb913b605157a86e484f609b939e6755af4311ac6b824e634e2/detection, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/chacha-lite-encrypt

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chacha-lite-encrypt

    Purl: pkg:pypi/chacha-lite-encrypt

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.2.0
    MAL-2026-1482 | CVE-DB