MAL-2026-3702

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    MAL-2026-3702

    Published: 13 May 2026Last Modified: 13 May 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in async-http-tools (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (85e8a68bad6595a817f1dabed757662e2a04cfec7b45a86d9bfd61a7a78d14d1) During installation, package exfiltrates some basic info to a GitHub issue comment, and then attempt to set up a persistent infostealer focused on exfiltrating crypto wallets and browsers data. Likely continuation of 2026-05-py-requests Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-06-alembic-util Reasons (based on the campaign): - infostealer - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - crypto-related - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script. - exfiltration-browser-data - exfiltration-crypto - persistence - typosquatting

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/async-http-tools

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: async-http-tools

    Purl: pkg:pypi/async-http-tools

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.70.125