{"id":"MAL-2026-3372","summary":"Malicious code in ninja-core-utils (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (65af5eaa02abf860465d0ee9e11d7b10e3e1e36473aec951f8c1ea38ed8a8560)\nDuring installation, obfuscated code exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet data to a hardcoded location\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-ninja-core-utils\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - crypto-related\n\n\n - exfiltration-crypto\n\n\n - backdoor\n","modified":"2026-05-12T22:03:41.916307Z","published":"2026-05-07T21:25:50Z","database_specific":{"iocs":{"ips":["144.126.142.148"],"urls":["http://144.126.142.148:5555/tao"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["1.2.1"],"source":"kam193","sha256":"74f7379bf995d8beb129840e54d60c7d06768a901ad1659db8ca3ab1fd7e496e","id":"pypi/2026-05-ninja-core-utils/ninja-core-utils","modified_time":"2026-05-07T21:25:50.833692Z","import_time":"2026-05-07T21:49:32.000951748Z"},{"versions":["1.2.1"],"source":"kam193","sha256":"65af5eaa02abf860465d0ee9e11d7b10e3e1e36473aec951f8c1ea38ed8a8560","id":"pypi/2026-05-ninja-core-utils/ninja-core-utils","modified_time":"2026-05-07T21:25:50.833692Z","import_time":"2026-05-09T17:23:17.194901149Z"},{"versions":["1.2.1"],"source":"kam193","sha256":"42f7f5dc5ce2f9997e2d3bd7ce35ab0fe758a9f98ff44e6b52a1ce57eb0a9af5","id":"pypi/2026-05-ninja-core-utils/ninja-core-utils","modified_time":"2026-05-07T21:25:50.833692Z","import_time":"2026-05-12T21:56:03.344558578Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ninja-core-utils"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ninja-core-utils","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/ninja-core-utils"},"versions":["1.2.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/ninja-core-utils/MAL-2026-3372.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"}]}