MAL-2026-849

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    MAL-2026-849

    Published: 11 Feb 2026Last Modified: 11 Feb 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in jsonconfig-utils (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (883897a307b53ac17e981eac46b8d6f8c31d88fc2628c6d57c5f7f191ed84b81) During installation, package installs a script that listens for remote commands and executes them. The script is also added to autostart configuration and disguised as system application Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-02-devtools-webhook-cicd-utils Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - peristence-autorun - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine. - obfuscation

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jsonconfig-utils

    Purl: pkg:pypi/jsonconfig-utils

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.3
    1.0.4
    1.0.5
    1.0.6
    1.0.7
    1.0.8
    1.0.9
    1.0.10
    1.0.11