parsimonius

{"modified":"2026-06-02T02:56:51Z","published":"2026-06-02T02:56:51Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-5151","summary":"Malicious code in parsimonius (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (a5ab85a46a37da928774b1885049b71d40d675c54683b13711f4e371d932394a)\nClone of a legitimate package with an added RAT running through a Telegram bot. It can e.g. exfiltrate env variables and execute remote commands. The malicious action does not start if the geolocation or timezone suggests a Russian area.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-06-parsimonius\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - rat\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - abuses-pth\n\n\n - geo-restricted\n\n\n - uses-telegram-bot\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"parsimonius"},"versions":["0.10.0","0.11.0","0.11.1","0.11.2","0.11.3","0.11.4","0.11.5","0.11.6","0.12.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/parsimonius"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-06-parsimonius/parsimonius","import_time":"2026-06-02T03:48:13.486957588Z","modified_time":"2026-06-02T02:56:51.582024Z","sha256":"a5ab85a46a37da928774b1885049b71d40d675c54683b13711f4e371d932394a","source":"kam193","versions":["0.10.0","0.11.0","0.11.1","0.11.2","0.11.3","0.11.4","0.11.5","0.11.6","0.12.0"]}]}}