python-anchor

{"modified":"2026-03-15T09:34:12Z","published":"2026-03-15T09:34:12Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-1435","summary":"Malicious code in python-anchor (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (914b16cbc506c57a77eeed5ae14955bcf3b58fa49da92c2686b56a1d531c5268)\nDuring import, package decrypts and runs a malicious executable. The executable is hidden in an encoded and xored form in the JSON resource file.\n\nThis is a follow up of the campaign 2026-03-fastapi-middleware-cors\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-03-ariadne-federation\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - malware\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n\n\n - typosquatting\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"python-anchor"},"versions":["13.3.0","14.6.0","15.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/609d9adb5afe6fb913b605157a86e484f609b939e6755af4311ac6b824e634e2/detection"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-anchor"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-03-ariadne-federation/python-anchor","import_time":"2026-03-15T10:10:46.363668238Z","modified_time":"2026-03-15T09:34:12.352649Z","sha256":"914b16cbc506c57a77eeed5ae14955bcf3b58fa49da92c2686b56a1d531c5268","source":"kam193","versions":["13.3.0","14.6.0","15.0.0"]}]}}