{"id":"MAL-2026-5088","summary":"Malicious code in crypto-helper (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (bbb379240ef7e43770f6dab576919fa97bd23ffbb8d3e39b31fd656649335fd7)\nDuring installation, the code tamper with security settings and downloads and executes malicious executable.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-cryptolock\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 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - malware\n","modified":"2026-05-31T03:30:53.218617205Z","published":"2026-05-30T14:47:44Z","database_specific":{"iocs":{"urls":["https://github.com/seIfrighteous/x/releases/download/selfrighteous/setup.exe","https://tmpfiles.org/dl/wVwFfznUQdRr/main.exe"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-05-cryptolock/crypto-helper","modified_time":"2026-05-30T14:47:44.03538Z","versions":["1.0.0"],"sha256":"bbb379240ef7e43770f6dab576919fa97bd23ffbb8d3e39b31fd656649335fd7","import_time":"2026-05-30T15:30:45.944798738Z","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/2026-05-cryptolock/crypto-helper","import_time":"2026-05-31T03:15:08.074029908Z","versions":["1.0.0"],"sha256":"326abfde38f0eaca266ee75161031f109c667f6c30ab1ab6624c800b3cd84d34","modified_time":"2026-05-30T14:47:44.03538Z","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/crypto-helper"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/0912542c6e3a6b747a5bb30de22c1b79ead35c5a9a6813dcd8a6056cc312b892/detection"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"crypto-helper","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/crypto-helper"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/crypto-helper/MAL-2026-5088.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}