MAL-2026-5089

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/cryptolock/MAL-2026-5089.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-5089
Published
2026-05-30T14:36:55Z
Modified
2026-05-31T03:30:53.258059574Z
Summary
Malicious code in cryptolock (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (b0140fddafadce54debaca7d9591e2770acd987aaf90ec7008b4ae4cf301c233)

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 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-05-30T14:36:55.478613Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0",
                "1.0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "b0140fddafadce54debaca7d9591e2770acd987aaf90ec7008b4ae4cf301c233",
            "id": "pypi/2026-05-cryptolock/cryptolock",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2026-05-30T15:30:45.959796291Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-05-30T14:36:55.478613Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0",
                "1.0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "c492d42ad83f4dccdaa1f373e7ee51c3696684b6f37df5eb90948dccadf52542",
            "id": "pypi/2026-05-cryptolock/cryptolock",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2026-05-31T03:15:08.085076907Z"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://github.com/seIfrighteous/x/releases/download/selfrighteous/setup.exe",
            "https://tmpfiles.org/dl/wVwFfznUQdRr/main.exe"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / cryptolock

Package

Name
cryptolock
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Purl
pkg:pypi/cryptolock

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/cryptolock/MAL-2026-5089.json"