MAL-2026-855

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    MAL-2026-855

    Published: 11 Feb 2026Last Modified: 11 Feb 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in config-toolkit (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (f672e0a6f875d710a8851da211ff30828bda3755c9f9aebcb56fd0430b134ae5) 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/config-toolkit

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: config-toolkit

    Purl: pkg:pypi/config-toolkit

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.11
    MAL-2026-855 | CVE-DB