MAL-2026-2290

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    MAL-2026-2290

    Published: 29 Mar 2026Last Modified: 29 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in iwantsafecheckit (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (c982c88e841ae349f894f45b27e07f7154a252963ec05ff8e9536f46102e6ecf) During installation the package downloads and installs two executables identified as backdoors trojans. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-03-thisismytest123 Reasons (based on the campaign): - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - backdoor - malware Source: ossf-package-analysis (388915d99ad3e370a59631112b6a0b784801e257e13f0f9855a2a340c4f068f0) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'iwantsafecheckit' @ 2.0.0 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

    References: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d06d2288d3aa76675947137279e6db4d5a31d3ab3a46720d15df4c4d2d52b9d3/detection, https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/28d6c2c26ed631981fc9575a452b45b8b741d172769d5d8366a4269536236ab3/detection, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/iwantsafecheckit

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: iwantsafecheckit

    Purl: pkg:pypi/iwantsafecheckit

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.0