MAL-2026-3431

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    MAL-2026-3431

    Published: 11 May 2026Last Modified: 11 May 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in apkeep (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (d545ff7c3c178485cfb49d0028c4c808e67d0ee0fddcb4b7b195c943bb07d888) The package pretends to be a fork of a legitimate Rust library and uses the identity of the original authors. During usage, the obfuscated code targets information held by Kanji/Iru security tools and exfiltrates basic informations to typosquated domain. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-05-apkeep Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. - obfuscation - impersonation - action-hidden-in-lib-usage

    References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iru_(company), https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/apkeep

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apkeep

    Purl: pkg:pypi/apkeep

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0
    MAL-2026-3431 | CVE-DB