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id: "MAL-2026-17861"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-17861"]
title: "Malicious code in sysdiagd (PyPI)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "sysdiagd", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 1.2.1; = 1.2.2; = 1.2.3", "ecosystem": "pypi"}]
ecosystems: ["pypi"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-13T18:40:17+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T20:51:59+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:06:18+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17861", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T20:51:59+00:00"}]
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# Malicious code in sysdiagd (PyPI)

## Affected

- pypi:sysdiagd affected = 1.2.1; = 1.2.2; = 1.2.3 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T20:51:59+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17861

## From the sources

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## Source: kam193 (0d396ad34176d29956d695014d261847ada859c184d7a8e7820d96087af7eafe)
Disguised as a system monitoring tool, the package delivers a Discord bot acting as an infostealer exfiltrating credentials, browser data, files and recording audio, screenshots and video. The code requires providing bot credentials, it is not functional without providing them.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-sysdiagd


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


 - exfiltration-browser-data


 - persistence


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - files-exfiltration


 - spyware-like


 - infostealer

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