MAL-2026-5089
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MAL-2026-5089
Summary: Malicious code in cryptolock (PyPI)
Details: Source: kam193 (b0140fddafadce54debaca7d9591e2770acd987aaf90ec7008b4ae4cf301c233) 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/cryptolock, https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/0912542c6e3a6b747a5bb30de22c1b79ead35c5a9a6813dcd8a6056cc312b892/detection
Affected packages
Package
Name: cryptolock
Purl: pkg:pypi/cryptolock
Affected ranges
Type: N/A
Events:
