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id: MAL-2026-17861
title: Malicious code in sysdiagd (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in sysdiagd (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: sysdiagd
product: sysdiagd
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - sysdiagd
published: '2026-10-13'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T19:00:05.324396981Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17861'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/sysdiagd'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T11:47:08.219Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (0d396ad34176d29956d695014d261847ada859c184d7a8e7820d96087af7eafe)
Disguised as a system monitoring tool, the package delivers a Discord bot acting as an infostealer exfiltrating credentials, browser data, files and recording audio, screenshots and video. The code requires providing bot credentials, it is not functional without providing them.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-sysdiagd


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


 - exfiltration-browser-data


 - persistence


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - files-exfiltration


 - spyware-like


 - infostealer


## Affected packages

- `sysdiagd`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.