Compromised AsyncAPI npm Packages Deliver Multi-Stage Botnet Malware

Four compromised npm packages in the @asyncapi namespace have been observed distributing a multi-stage botnet loader, according to findings from OX Security, SafeDep, Socket, and StepSecurity. The affected packages are listed below - @asyncapi/[email protected]...

Malicious code in ufish (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 27371fa53e0e8e5e763b18b9bcadfd9b6991c720dd154d17bffeab0e7a139ef4 Versions 0.1.2, 0.1.3 were compromised. Compromised packages start an obfuscated infostealer. The infostealer is a heavily obfuscated JavaScript code executed...

Malicious code in executor-engine (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 7fee580000475783e657a2e66ca6a4a4bd4369aa0bc9f87152b003dca6f34848 executor-engine 0.3.4 ships a malicious site-packages.pth file executorengine-setup.pth that Python's site initialization auto-executes on every...

MAL-2026-5285 Malicious code in ufish (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 27371fa53e0e8e5e763b18b9bcadfd9b6991c720dd154d17bffeab0e7a139ef4 Versions 0.1.2, 0.1.3 were compromised. Compromised packages start an obfuscated infostealer. The infostealer is a heavily obfuscated JavaScript code executed...

MAL-2026-5295 Malicious code in coolbox (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector c55bfdad112134e980af7568a9138be1e4b940f7bfbeebad2b0f85d9337a0f44 The wheel installs coolbox-setup.pth, a Python path-configuration file that Python auto-loads at every interpreter startup any python invocation...

MAL-2026-5282 Malicious code in mrbios (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 8d1c97dced5d8f917e2e9901e0ed99fb0034bfafb5a3d46ad47eeba76a883c57 The package installs mrbios-setup.pth into site-packages. Python auto-loads.pth files at every interpreter startup, so the contained payload runs...

MAL-2026-5296 Malicious code in magique (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector b441b436c1f6aeba65c2af68c71655ed5aac95b0eb2ae4c402fc090c475ba887 The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: kam193...

Malicious code in pantheon-toolsets (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector a3f2d24843d0caf23a36f07f7bd7b3adb7163463404856654f1745c7e75017be The wheel installs pantheontoolsets-setup.pth, which Python automatically executes at every interpreter startup before any user import. The.pth...

Malicious code in funcdesc (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 4a5756a79331cdda67721e39889609f5c0b5e342b678dbce2de97c94ec2dbe29 The package installs funcdesc-setup.pth, which Python auto-executes at interpreter startup for any environment where this package is installed. The.p...

Malicious code in cmd2func (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 055d480cc069717b82f618e12d453e7d8dc7d2e83bf77ae25ae23f71e73a1d1a The package installs cmd2func-setup.pth, a.pth file that Python auto-loads at every interpreter start. The single-line payload uses the.pth...

MAL-2026-5317 Malicious code in instructor-mcp (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 6db8a103a73261cd6de8f763fa639d1bd148124ca661893e9d3ab73cd76ab50b instructor-mcp 1.15.2 is a typosquat of the legitimate instructor PyPI library it copies the same author names, README, and repository URL...

Malicious code in langchain-core-mcp (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector bd42d83950d8d8fc559905eed104af38cd6c8aef683b96778f0b8d778dd6bd5a Package langchain-core-mcp impersonates the legitimate langchain-core publisher: METADATA sets Project-URL Repository to...

Malicious code in embiggen (PyPI)

The package embiggen version 0.11.97 contains a malicious .pth file embiggen-setup.pth that executes a Bun-based credential stealer on every Python startup via CPython's site.py exec mechanism. The payload downloads the Bun runtime from the official GitHub release page, then runs an obfuscated...

MAL-2026-5276 Malicious code in nucbox (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 0357c6b685cea74f9200e3e7df019e807e34eac6518ec83f1a5a654c35d97959 The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: kam193...

MAL-2026-5275 Malicious code in napari-ufish (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 9785bcfea6c0bd6ff8193d721e15b2a80e4e718e16bd8722d018703bbd0b2516 The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: kam193...

Malicious code in effect-analyzer (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 05b6ba1ec02dea0ff73e03c34e3fc37cf4982f156578e03e50909b4d1c8ccc47 The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: google-open-source-security...

Malicious code in awaitly-analyze (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector e3f926748b1e107755cfd17cb9151edc730b0228b6e857735a6794f8c1e71c65 No concrete indicators of installer-side harm were identified in this package version. No lifecycle hooks fetching remote payloads, no credential-pat...

MAL-2026-5255 Malicious code in executable-stories-mcp (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector dc974c5748dbf6c421d343ec3924e31bcc8a56a1202e59818e5282bc239a14f2 [email protected] ships a bundled HTTP server module dist/http.cjs and dist/http.js where pattern matchers flagged co-occurrence of...

MAL-2026-5211 Malicious code in autotel (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 921a045507925f9accff44927ec74588991f03dd291a3ae95cdc9919523ed800 Pattern matches fired on co-occurrence of the strings 'ping', 'POST', and 'hostname' in the package's bundled and source files dist/chunk-.cjs,...

MAL-2026-5263 Malicious code in node-env-resolver-aws (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector a4d561f58633262592e17233481bba8398f047eb830948370396c51b6d952c90 No concrete installer-harm signals were identified in this version of the package. Coverage of the package contents was partial, so a human reviewer...