MAL-2026-2837

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/solanakit/MAL-2026-2837.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2837
Published
2026-04-17T08:06:00Z
Modified
2026-04-17T08:50:08.594780Z
Summary
Malicious code in solanakit (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (3e8770458eab636335241e359b6cee149cc00640fb2418b4462c89ec88accc93)

During import, the code downloads and starts a malicious package hosted on GitHub. It then first ensures persistency e.g., through the autostart registry key. Then, based on the encrypted config, an exfiltration demon is started. It registeres the instance in the C2 server and starts searching the file system looking for files matching given filename patterns and then monitoring changes. Discovered files are exfiltrated to hardcoded remote target. The PyPI packages are used as dependencies in newly-created crypto-related repositories on GitHub.

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

Campaign: 2026-04-genosys

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • files-exfiltration

  • peristence-autorun

  • obfuscation

  • The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package

  • exfiltration-credentials

  • persistence

  • crypto-related

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://161.97.81.147:8080"
        ],
        "ips": [
            "161.97.81.147"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/2026-04-genosys/solanakit",
            "import_time": "2026-04-17T08:40:36.020823817Z",
            "sha256": "3e8770458eab636335241e359b6cee149cc00640fb2418b4462c89ec88accc93",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-17T08:06:00.245908Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0",
                "1.0.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / solanakit

Package

Name
solanakit
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Purl
pkg:pypi/solanakit

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0
1.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/solanakit/MAL-2026-2837.json"