{"id":"MAL-2026-17200","title":"Malicious code in aseity (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in aseity (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"aseity","product":"aseity","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["aseity"],"published":"2026-09-27","updated":"2026-09-27","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-27T15:30:03.973889926Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17200","references":[{"url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d03c42c275f0dbc617428441508c49ae1adcbbc95af4eeb094bca4e4f8943f3e/detection"},{"url":"https://polygonscan.com/address/0x9c0a507300fd902787bb193d80fca5ce6e1bff9a"},{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/aseity"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-28T07:19:56.092Z","slug":"MAL-2026-17200","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (cf65ea5c0fe1eeef9f47a75d65e291a715094076714694247ad03714eabc53ca)\nDuring installation, obfuscated code is used to fetch code hidden in an image containing a Python application with a native extension module. This module holds an obfuscated infostealer which collects sensitive data and exfiltrates them to a C2 server retrieved from transaction history in the Polygon blockchain.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-09-donutautosellsrc\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - infostealer\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - malware\n\n\n - native-extension\n\n\n - steganography\n\n\n - c2-in-blockchain\n\n\n - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `aseity`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":70,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":52.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":18,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}