MAL-2026-5878

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    MAL-2026-5878

    Published: 16 Jun 2026Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in cache-compat-utils (PyPI)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (70fc75889476bd737b302c856fb1d2da1b263a93786bc27fed3978c3eb0584cd) The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: kam193 (3abe4019efea5cdd405c9129e127f5d8b05456422574e40b01c6ec3b10177975) The package contains obfuscated JS code with an infostealer harvesting all kinds of credentials, as well as a worm capable of spreading the infection further. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-06-cache-compat-utils Reasons (based on the campaign): - obfuscation - malware - infostealer - exfiltration-credentials - exfiltration-ssh-keys - exfiltration-cloud-tokens

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cache-compat-utils, https://pypi.org/project/cache-compat-utils/0.1.0/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cache-compat-utils

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cache-compat-utils

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0