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id: MAL-2026-14590
title: Malicious code in yamlformatter-utils (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in yamlformatter-utils (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: yamlformatter-utils
product: yamlformatter-utils
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - yamlformatter-utils
published: '2026-08-28'
updated: '2026-08-28'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14590'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/yamlformatter-utils'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-08-28T19:28:31.272Z'
---

## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (ef2cbf7d7c360d11860ea9383a1ed84b491e75361f994359fd97284a5d25cdc2)
During import, the package collects sensitive information and exfiltrates it using DNS queries.


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


Campaign: 2026-08-ekx-report-utils


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - targetted-attack


 - exfiltration-generic


 - exfiltration-credentials


## Affected packages

- `yamlformatter-utils`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.