MAL-2026-17921

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/leakdeep/MAL-2026-17921.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-17921
Published
2026-10-18T01:45:23Z
Modified
2026-10-29T14:30:33Z
Summary
Malicious code in leakdeep (PyPI)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (c0818f9da5e7dc1413ff1b2a24d3cb53d0b49d06bd802502296d6d8e8e536fee)

The package presents itself as an OSINT / credential-leak intelligence framework with a search CLI, but the advertised SearchEngine.search is a stub returning an empty list. Every invocation of the CLI (cli.main) unconditionally starts a background thread via SystemInfo.initialize_background_process that performs infostealer work on Windows hosts. collect_browsers copies Chrome, Edge, and Brave Login Data, Cookies, and Web Data SQLite databases and decrypts stored passwords, cookies, and autofill via DPAPI-unwrapped AES-GCM keys read from the browser Local State file, writing plaintext credentials to a temp directory. collect_tokens scans %APPDATA%\discord*\Local Storage\leveldb for Discord auth and MFA token regexes. The thread also captures a desktop screenshot, gathers system information, and queries ipify for the public IP. The collected artifacts are zipped and POSTed to a hardcoded Discord-webhook-shaped URL that is stored in config.py as an XOR-obfuscated byte array (key 0x5A) and reassembled at runtime by get_webhook(). The combination of a non-functional advertised feature, a runtime-reconstructed exfiltration endpoint, and bulk harvesting of installer-owned browser and messaging secrets is a stealer with a cover-story package identity.

Source: kam193 (3ae583980c54e7c45aa4d33b3be917b307a323f0d213baadabe962268c08bb13)

When using the provided command, the code exfiltrates multiple data (browser credentials, cryptowallets, etc.), clipboard content, screenshots and webcam frames.

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

Campaign: 2026-10-leakdeep

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • exfiltration-browser-data

  • exfiltration-crypto

  • spyware-like

  • exfiltration-credentials

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage

  • clipboard-stealing

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021512",
            "import_time": "2026-10-18T01:52:23.159101626Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-18T01:45:37Z",
            "sha256": "038a56fe3084b0066c1c551a8dd407d947e67789e4f408028f4349435b32f0a8",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.6.4"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021514",
            "import_time": "2026-10-18T01:52:23.314259428Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-18T01:45:55Z",
            "sha256": "0681363b2c786aeb77108587ea4270fdacfdb4f36e9a1fda050691b0b19e66e7",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.5.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021513",
            "import_time": "2026-10-18T01:52:23.2407717Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-18T01:45:44Z",
            "sha256": "7e522516edadfbc81229e48f039f47dc3e44d651f5583141f024ae3209e923f7",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.6.6"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021511",
            "import_time": "2026-10-18T01:52:23.083881019Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-18T01:45:30Z",
            "sha256": "c0818f9da5e7dc1413ff1b2a24d3cb53d0b49d06bd802502296d6d8e8e536fee",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.5.2"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021510",
            "import_time": "2026-10-18T01:52:23.005525874Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-18T01:45:23Z",
            "sha256": "c1e17f5e885c976851f2ac149d435002bbc35bfb7487b2274db97a124e145621",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.6.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2026-10-leakdeep/leakdeep",
            "import_time": "2026-10-18T16:40:23.526830211Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-18T16:33:36.776496Z",
            "sha256": "3ae583980c54e7c45aa4d33b3be917b307a323f0d213baadabe962268c08bb13",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "2.4.1",
                "2.4.5",
                "2.5.0",
                "2.5.2",
                "2.6.0",
                "2.6.2",
                "2.6.4",
                "2.6.6",
                "3.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021975",
            "import_time": "2026-10-29T13:37:18.470703517Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-29T13:32:36Z",
            "sha256": "4e110cccf7023b1b5f78cd8622dbd547657b9a93e859326b88e5e7816f233011",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.6.2"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-022235",
            "import_time": "2026-10-29T14:14:36.538075369Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-29T14:06:27Z",
            "sha256": "3e8ab877b5c52f026b67b598c44c6bd0c8f20dec94a5456525bbf25a8be4851b",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.4.5"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-022234",
            "import_time": "2026-10-29T14:14:36.464173089Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-29T14:06:16Z",
            "sha256": "e246e11cad9f87c1d288b3039cd05875dcb740af281bcaf8bd90afce32c173a4",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "2.4.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / leakdeep

Package

Name
leakdeep
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/leakdeep

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.4.1
2.4.5
2.5.0
2.5.2
2.6.0
2.6.2
2.6.4
2.6.6
3.*
3.0.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "leakdeep/core/system.py",
            "sha256": "0634ec699de39d30fdd902c9b64c4c1587b2ec6d063e071093d7ae206af10dc8",
            "tlsh": "9941e0435866217182cbdae47d46c0f56315b97b8e02d820babc3fa49f446b117b92a9"
        },
        {
            "path": "leakdeep/config.py",
            "sha256": "fe0752ff79816a2f2150da9ba2458e761e49019cfa4c421b63e161e57cb8fee6",
            "tlsh": "d751756ff64e606a0c0b7b1894e2dcc2218e654653a49cddbefc445cf9e4ea180b295d"
        },
        {
            "path": "leakdeep/cli.py",
            "sha256": "abae927c786a194318cc4203a118a24b9c1107ddff22d52b61de2413d19e9054",
            "tlsh": "e421200a0d1024768ba6446c895890a02633ba27cb00d2b4bded53d57f8d966daa5a3c"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "leakdeep-2.6.4-py3-none-any.whl",
            "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "60be97285c5d731239cb0bef74e07bba05494185e6361ad54d00ea2f3db4d273",
                "md5": "5b6158c38325dd2536a47850d9c4ffb0",
                "sha256": "bb0853ea6e667d6fc44871e3a86a1620f25e087afbe6276af06f23e04c60ff41"
            }
        },
        {
            "filename": "leakdeep-2.6.4.tar.gz",
            "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "ea6ec56ef74ff7c4b71f6eee958d18aa5f6fced35a219ff1513e02a104922046",
                "md5": "cb978a1113b951805defde90ed8a953e",
                "sha256": "8b1f139906718ad4008fdcecbf289e7708a61dddc81db7bc3cbcfb61adec24cc"
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/leakdeep/MAL-2026-17921.json"