{"id":"MAL-2026-5878","summary":"Malicious code in cache-compat-utils (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3abe4019efea5cdd405c9129e127f5d8b05456422574e40b01c6ec3b10177975)\nThe package contains obfuscated JS code with an infostealer harvesting all kinds of credentials, as well as a worm capable of spreading the infection further.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-06-cache-compat-utils\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - malware\n\n\n - infostealer\n\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n\n\n - exfiltration-ssh-keys\n\n\n - exfiltration-cloud-tokens\n","modified":"2026-06-16T12:30:59.097183056Z","published":"2026-06-16T10:59:10Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-06-cache-compat-utils/cache-compat-utils","versions":["0.1.0"],"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2026-06-16T10:59:10.135198Z","sha256":"3abe4019efea5cdd405c9129e127f5d8b05456422574e40b01c6ec3b10177975","import_time":"2026-06-16T12:17:04.374071029Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cache-compat-utils"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cache-compat-utils","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/cache-compat-utils"},"versions":["0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/cache-compat-utils/MAL-2026-5878.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"}]}