MAL-2026-15863
Malicious code in uvhttp-custom (PyPI)
Details
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## Source: kam193 (9d56fe693f2b6e693e195640269a9ad95c8ab5eb94c897bbc711e897177c4cc6) During installation, obfuscated code downloads and executes an executable. It appears to be a game launcher.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-09-uvhttp-custom
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
- Downloads and executes a remote executable.
- obfuscation
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Affected packages
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