MAL-2026-6960

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    MAL-2026-6960

    Published: 8 Jul 2026Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in pyqt6darktheme (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (8cd6d16792d681b160ae1e11b3f698d8fd3004cd6019704008ad1c649fbe6f67) Package downloads and runs a remote executable, which was found to downloads further exes and starting coine mining Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-07-pyqt6darktheme Reasons (based on the campaign): - cryptominer - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - malware - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

    References: https://tria.ge/260708-eg92psat5t, https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/93be0d295af944feef85c8694f88a50b660f106a5ed18300252a72d8b43b69de/detection, https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/1f1963b8ccabbb9aaae9ce93b78d91f4f01faf0a21aed8e71b2adece16f8d5e6/detection, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pyqt6darktheme

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pyqt6darktheme

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pyqt6darktheme

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0
    MAL-2026-6960 | CVE-DB