Which versions of pystylish are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of pystylish are flagged malicious: 2.9. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate pystylish if I installed it?

pystylish is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.

I already installed pystylish — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If pystylish 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.

Is pystylish part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — pystylish is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-006934, 2026-06-pystylish campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find pystylish across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for pystylish (version 2.9).

Malicious package

pystylishPyPI

Advisory published Jun 17, 2026Updated Jun 17, 2026

pystylish is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-6076) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.9). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in pystylish (PyPI)

MAL-2026-6076

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

pip uninstall pystylish

What this malware does

On import pystylish, the package's init.py spawns a daemon thread that downloads a Windows executable from https://goy.mikoz.xyz/boh3.exe, writes it to %TEMP%/vcredist_x86.exe (disguised as the Microsoft Visual C++ runtime installer), and executes it via subprocess.Popen. The domain is unrelated to the package's stated purpose (a terminal color/fade library) and is not a publisher-controlled host. To evade local DNS controls, the loader resolves the C2 domain through DNS-over-HTTPS (Cloudflare 1.1.1.1/dns-query and dns.google/resolve), then connects to the resolved IP with a manual Host header so /etc/hosts entries and sinkholes are bypassed. Error paths print a fake Failed to connect to discord.com:80 message regardless of the actual destination, providing cover for the unrelated outbound traffic. The package is a typosquat/clone of the legitimate pystyle library by billythegoat356 — README still points at github.com/billythegoat356/pystyle while the package is published under the name pystylish, and the library API is copied verbatim from pystyle with the dropper appended. Any developer who installs and imports pystylish (including transitively) will silently fetch and run an attacker-controlled binary on Windows.

Clone of a legitimate package. During import, the code downloads and executes a malicious executable.

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

Campaign: 2026-06-pystylish

Reasons (based on the campaign):

Downloads and executes a remote executable.
malware
clones-real-package

Malicious versions

1 flagged

2.9

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

3a6a09e52477106b9586e89c2b0207bdc51e6d22dad500b7cc12a424d684c35b

f8318d882352a4515c0598fc728a7609874502d0e42f98a8f47214307d07aec8

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for pystylish (version 2.9).
If you installed it — respond
pystylish is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If pystylish 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. pystylish on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.9 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-0069342026-06-pystylish

References

Credits

Amazon Inspector · finder
Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter

Detect & block this

O3 blocks pystylish-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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