{"id":"MAL-2026-14587","title":"Malicious code in pygame-renderkit (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in pygame-renderkit (PyPI)","severity":"none","vendor":"pygame-renderkit","product":"pygame-renderkit","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["pygame-renderkit"],"published":"2026-08-28","updated":"2026-08-28","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14587","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pygame-renderkit"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"ingestedAt":"2026-08-28T19:28:31.150Z","slug":"MAL-2026-14587","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (5856daeb3070a9b2a6ffc42d8999ff49c63706ccb27ee683e5fcc4ff175f78f9)\nDuring installation, the package attempts to exfiltrate sensitive environment variables and files, establish persistence and open reverse shell.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-08-pygame-renderkit\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - persistence\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `pygame-renderkit`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}