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CRITICAL PyPI Malware

Malicious code in dispatch-internal-plugins (PyPI)

MAL-2026-5810

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Description


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Source: kam193 (5993e79eab55ecc24ada6a4bce88f580c958499d51d0d7472e74aad904648964)

Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

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

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