MAL-2026-5151

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    MAL-2026-5151

    Published: 2 Jun 2026Last Modified: 2 Jun 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in parsimonius (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (a5ab85a46a37da928774b1885049b71d40d675c54683b13711f4e371d932394a) Clone of a legitimate package with an added RAT running through a Telegram bot. It can e.g. exfiltrate env variables and execute remote commands. The malicious action does not start if the geolocation or timezone suggests a Russian area. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-06-parsimonius Reasons (based on the campaign): - typosquatting - exfiltration-env-variables - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine. - rat - clones-real-package - abuses-pth - geo-restricted - uses-telegram-bot

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/parsimonius

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: parsimonius

    Purl: pkg:pypi/parsimonius

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.10.0
    MAL-2026-5151 | CVE-DB