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Malicious code in cryptgraphy (PyPI)

Malware Published Aug 23, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 24, 2026

Package

pip cryptgraphy (pip)

Affected versions

= 1.0.0

Patched versions

None

Description

Source: kam193 (d303a7fa6aef47387f6029dfeb62ce66dd3231c0b0f77fc3611a65d53fc23a1a)

During installation package downloads and executes an executable. The remote executable appears to be broken but suggests intentions for persistence via systemd services, cryptocurrency mining and propagating over the network. Campaign shows some similarities with 2026-08-boto4

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

Campaign: 2026-08-mlflow-otel-instrumentor

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • typosquatting

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • worm

  • persistence

  • network-scan

  • cryptominer

Credit: OpenSSF (source)

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 23, 2026
Reviewed Aug 23, 2026
Last updated Aug 24, 2026

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Embedded Malicious Code

The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature. Learn more on MITRE.

GHSA ID

GHSA-2v43-g59q-gxp6

Source code

No known source code
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