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id: MAL-2026-17753
title: Malicious code in media-manager5 (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in media-manager5 (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: media-manager5
product: media-manager5
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - media-manager5
published: '2026-10-10'
updated: '2026-10-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-10T09:00:04.916065035Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17753'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/media-manager5'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-11T07:43:08.914Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (28307627b9e2beadd142ce8e492f406f6ea13bad1ce2cf989b74e81954595e11)
The package installs a persistent job that allows the attacker for exfiltrating files and executing remote code on the victim's machine.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-agentaix


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - peristence-autorun


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.


 - rat


 - persistence


## Affected packages

- `media-manager5`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.