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Malicious package

darkglitchPyPI

Advisory published Updated

darkglitch is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-10756) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.2.0, 1.2.9, 1.4.4…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in darkglitch (PyPI)

MAL-2026-10756
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall darkglitch

What this malware does

darkglitch ships a remote-access agent that connects to the hardcoded signaling host wss://malware-signal.vercel.app on room D4RKGLI7CH and executes remote-command messages via subprocess.run(command, shell=True), returning stdout/stderr to the remote peer. Authentication on the channel is limited to knowledge of the hardcoded room id, so any party who reaches the signaling server can run arbitrary shell commands on the host. transfer.py extends this channel with file-transfer frames that base64-encode arbitrary files for download and write attacker-supplied bytes to arbitrary paths for upload, using a python3 heredoc executed through the same shell path. setup_windows.py (exposed as the darkglitch-setup script and the install_windows distutils command) writes a batch file into %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup that runs python -m darkglitch -l -b at every user login, making the remote-command listener boot-persistent. The internal module tree is named app/malware_signal/, the connection banner prints 'CONNECTING TO MALWARE SIGNAL BASH', and the control host is registered under malware-signal.vercel.app — an explicit malware framing rather than a covert one.

Malicious versions

4 flagged
1.2.01.2.91.4.41.4.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

6d02eb8be388433532783a7bf88864824b50756b7ced4f8728721866740c5df1
5a84fec55fc625d5e2b337aafe5a9a95ff30c47403241c59dbb33543ec97311a
b8e3bc2b0ee4fc1f401e9d810e9ae30ee45ae822962099291c502e355f4bdcc7
f7451533fee42a7f831ee6f3d7bce39d5f794fd10a8a1fbd2bd3b911336084a7

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for darkglitch (4 malicious versions).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove darkglitch from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If darkglitch was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. darkglitch on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 1.2.0, 1.2.9, 1.4.4, 1.4.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-010758IN-MAL-2026-010855IN-MAL-2026-020803IN-MAL-2026-020802

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks darkglitch-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

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darkglitch (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2026-10756 | O3 Security