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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'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (5856daeb3070a9b2a6ffc42d8999ff49c63706ccb27ee683e5fcc4ff175f78f9)
During installation, the package attempts to exfiltrate sensitive environment variables and files, establish persistence and open reverse shell.


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


Campaign: 2026-08-pygame-renderkit


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - persistence


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.


 - files-exfiltration


 - exfiltration-env-variables


## Affected packages

- `pygame-renderkit`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.