CRITICAL PyPI Malware
Malicious code in fastgptmini (PyPI)
MAL-2026-5776
Published ยท Modified
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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