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id: "MAL-2026-18583"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-18583"]
title: "Malicious code in ln9qw38745g (PyPI)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "ln9qw38745g", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 0.1.0; = 0.1.1", "ecosystem": "pypi"}]
ecosystems: ["pypi"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-11-03T22:54:18+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-04T00:15:22+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-04T00:16:22+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18583", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-04T00:15:22+00:00"}]
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# Malicious code in ln9qw38745g (PyPI)

## Affected

- pypi:ln9qw38745g affected = 0.1.0; = 0.1.1 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-11-04T00:15:22+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18583

## From the sources

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## Source: kam193 (e0a9c91e26a02abe14a9881a1c539a2f48d71aff120be6a4c286f36ee4cdd603)
Package ships an embedded executable identified as malware by AV vendors, and is related to a previously discovered package that after a few releases swapt benign exe with a malicious RAT.


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


Campaign: 2026-11-filipt


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - malware


 - rat

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