MAL-2026-3396

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    MAL-2026-3396

    Published: 8 May 2026Last Modified: 12 May 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in ninja-core-optimizer (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (fbe38f659a9fac5304f648aa594e12123221abd687755378f05b3efe17d6d4c7) During installation, obfuscated code exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet data to a hardcoded location Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-05-ninja-core-utils Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - obfuscation - crypto-related - exfiltration-crypto - backdoor

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ninja-core-optimizer

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ninja-core-optimizer

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ninja-core-optimizer

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.3.3
    1.3.4
    MAL-2026-3396 | CVE-DB