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id: MAL-2026-17900
title: Malicious code in marocolor (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in marocolor (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: marocolor
product: marocolor
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - marocolor
published: '2026-10-16'
updated: '2026-10-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-16T11:45:05.266942458Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17900'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/marocolor'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-16T11:48:15.759Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (38b0fa2ee77af46ad9daf78c024a0f599fd0798eef7605cb3eed50d8db65fa22)
Package is intended for stealing files to a hardcoded location and performing a DoS on the victim's machine.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-marocolor


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - files-exfiltration


 - uses-telegram-bot


 - destructive-actions


## Affected packages

- `marocolor`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.