{"id":"MAL-2026-5878","title":"Malicious code in cache-compat-utils (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in cache-compat-utils (PyPI)","severity":"none","vendor":"cache-compat-utils","product":"cache-compat-utils","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["cache-compat-utils"],"published":"2026-06-16","updated":"2026-07-09","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-5878","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cache-compat-utils"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/cache-compat-utils/0.1.0/"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"ingestedAt":"2026-07-10T13:49:11.276Z","slug":"MAL-2026-5878","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (70fc75889476bd737b302c856fb1d2da1b263a93786bc27fed3978c3eb0584cd)\nThe package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code\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\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `cache-compat-utils`\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":[]}