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CRITICAL PyPI Malware

Malicious code in fastgptmini (PyPI)

MAL-2026-5776

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Description


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Source: kam193 (3cca907106c3dceb5276e9bdbf8799367b44df9e12fe12098dd3ed215bb4f3b0)

During installation, the code downloads an obfuscated script, which attempts to tamper with Defender exclusions paths and then downloads a malicious executable


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

Campaign: 2026-06-fastgptmini

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • malware

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

  • obfuscation

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