chacha-lite-encrypt

{"modified":"2026-03-16T20:09:47Z","published":"2026-03-16T20:09:47Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-1482","summary":"Malicious code in chacha-lite-encrypt (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (705b86da323a21b157504bf4833b60c8aa90a57d6db5111716afe31c114b6c1d)\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":"chacha-lite-encrypt"},"versions":["4.2.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/609d9adb5afe6fb913b605157a86e484f609b939e6755af4311ac6b824e634e2/detection"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/chacha-lite-encrypt"}],"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/chacha-lite-encrypt","import_time":"2026-03-16T20:48:04.283793814Z","modified_time":"2026-03-16T20:09:47.295916Z","sha256":"705b86da323a21b157504bf4833b60c8aa90a57d6db5111716afe31c114b6c1d","source":"kam193","versions":["4.2.0"]}]}}