MAL-2026-5088

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/crypto-helper/MAL-2026-5088.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-5088

Published

2026-05-30T14:47:44Z

Modified

2026-05-31T03:30:53.218617205Z

Summary

Malicious code in crypto-helper (PyPI)

Details

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Source: kam193 (bbb379240ef7e43770f6dab576919fa97bd23ffbb8d3e39b31fd656649335fd7)

During installation, the code tamper with security settings and downloads and executes malicious executable.

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

Campaign: 2026-05-cryptolock

Reasons (based on the campaign):

The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Downloads and executes a remote executable.
malware

Database specific

{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://github.com/seIfrighteous/x/releases/download/selfrighteous/setup.exe",
            "https://tmpfiles.org/dl/wVwFfznUQdRr/main.exe"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "bbb379240ef7e43770f6dab576919fa97bd23ffbb8d3e39b31fd656649335fd7",
            "import_time": "2026-05-30T15:30:45.944798738Z",
            "id": "pypi/2026-05-cryptolock/crypto-helper",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-30T14:47:44.03538Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "326abfde38f0eaca266ee75161031f109c667f6c30ab1ab6624c800b3cd84d34",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-30T14:47:44.03538Z",
            "import_time": "2026-05-31T03:15:08.074029908Z",
            "id": "pypi/2026-05-cryptolock/crypto-helper"
        }
    ]
}

References

Credits

- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) - REPORTER
- - https://github.com/kam193
  - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/

Affected packages

PyPI / crypto-helper

Package

Name: crypto-helper; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:pypi/crypto-helper

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/crypto-helper/MAL-2026-5088.json"