Malicious code in govpkg (PyPI)

Overview

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Source: kam193 (736ef874636ee77d0a5007dea41ad6329e0d5523bfeb5254930985f451a6f6f6)

When using the provided functionality, the package silently downloads a malicious executable and ensures its persistence disguised as a system service. The binary connects with telegra[.]ph.

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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2026-07-govpkg

Reasons (based on the campaign):

• Downloads and executes a remote executable.

• action-hidden-in-lib-usage

• persistence

Affected packages

• govpkg

Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.