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MAL-2026-5878

Malicious code in cache-compat-utils (PyPI)

Details

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## Source: kam193 (3abe4019efea5cdd405c9129e127f5d8b05456422574e40b01c6ec3b10177975) The package contains obfuscated JS code with an infostealer harvesting all kinds of credentials, as well as a worm capable of spreading the infection further.

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

Campaign: 2026-06-cache-compat-utils

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- obfuscation

- malware

- infostealer

- exfiltration-credentials

- exfiltration-ssh-keys

- exfiltration-cloud-tokens

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Affected packages

PyPI / cache-compat-utils

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