MAL-2026-1482

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/chacha-lite-encrypt/MAL-2026-1482.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-1482
Published
2026-03-16T20:09:47Z
Modified
2026-03-16T21:02:21.877047Z
Summary
Malicious code in chacha-lite-encrypt (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (705b86da323a21b157504bf4833b60c8aa90a57d6db5111716afe31c114b6c1d)

During import, package decrypts and runs a malicious executable. The executable is hidden in an encoded and xored form in the JSON resource file.

This is a follow up of the campaign 2026-03-fastapi-middleware-cors

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2026-03-ariadne-federation

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • malware

  • obfuscation

  • dependency-confusion

  • typosquatting

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "705b86da323a21b157504bf4833b60c8aa90a57d6db5111716afe31c114b6c1d",
            "id": "pypi/2026-03-ariadne-federation/chacha-lite-encrypt",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-16T20:09:47.295916Z",
            "versions": [
                "4.2.0"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-03-16T20:48:04.283793814Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / chacha-lite-encrypt

Package

Name
chacha-lite-encrypt
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Purl
pkg:pypi/chacha-lite-encrypt

Affected ranges

Affected versions

4.*
4.2.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/chacha-lite-encrypt/MAL-2026-1482.json"