MAL-2026-5088

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    MAL-2026-5088

    Published: 30 May 2026Last Modified: 31 May 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in crypto-helper (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (bbb379240ef7e43770f6dab576919fa97bd23ffbb8d3e39b31fd656649335fd7) During installation, the code tamper with security settings and downloads and executes malicious executable. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-05-cryptolock Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - malware

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/crypto-helper, https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/0912542c6e3a6b747a5bb30de22c1b79ead35c5a9a6813dcd8a6056cc312b892/detection

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: crypto-helper

    Purl: pkg:pypi/crypto-helper

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    MAL-2026-5088 | CVE-DB