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MAL-2026-14306

Malicious code in rc4-secure (PyPI)

Details

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## Source: kam193 (c00d4194b32151e318678fb20166e9023d74acbed43e4a9d82f7834569cb73bd) Package silently installs a remote executable in a way that is intentionally hidden from the user. During analysis, the code was downloading a legitimate software unrelated to provided functionality, suggesting it is a research-like demonstration.

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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2026-08-rc4-secure

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- Downloads and executes a remote executable.

- modify-system-without-consent

- action-hidden-in-lib-usage

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Affected packages

PyPI / rc4-secure

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