MAL-2026-5755

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    MAL-2026-5755

    Published: 14 Jun 2026Last Modified: 14 Jun 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in anthropickit (PyPI)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (f3e103a8a230b5fb3066fb0a9eb7f5fdf5831d4c7b71a9d83de54d8d6673eae2) On `pip install`, setup.py collects the contents of every file in ~/.ssh (excluding known_hosts and authorized_keys, so private keys are read), all environment variables whose names contain KEY/SECRET/TOKEN/PASS/AUTH/API, plus the hostname and USER. The collected data is written to /tmp/runner_exfil.json and POSTed to https://enqqnvvtgrnyl.x.pipedream.net/. The package body is otherwise empty (__init__.py only sets __version__), the PKG-INFO metadata is all UNKNOWN, and the version is the sentinel 999.9.9 — a dependency-confusion pattern targeting developers searching for Anthropic-related tooling. Any installer (especially CI runners) running `pip install anthropickit` immediately loses SSH private keys and credential-shaped environment variables to an attacker-controlled pipedream webhook. Source: kam193 (ff4126bd465ae6de09a2eaa94a4fd2d7d385a5dae2c093372668d4b7ecb81633) During installation, the package attempts to exfiltrate sensitive env variables and SSH keys. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-06-anthropickit Reasons (based on the campaign): - exfiltration-ssh-keys - exfiltration-env-variables

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: anthropickit

    Purl: pkg:pypi/anthropickit

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    999.9.9
    MAL-2026-5755 | CVE-DB