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security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303PyPI

Advisory published Updated

security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303 is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-18098) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.1.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303 (PyPI)

MAL-2026-18098
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303

What this malware does

The package is most likely a reconnaissance of a shared infrastructure, collecting potentially sensitive data from cloud endpoints, activated via a PTH file on every Python loading. Collected data are stored in a local filesystem, suggesting the operator has to have some degree of control of the environment.

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

Campaign: 2026-10-omeraf

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-cloud-tokens

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • other

  • abuses-pth

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.1.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

c7f807a5943ac03cda3bdddc675ad3192d210e1f0ba1300959feff5d1d29c915

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303 (version 0.1.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303 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. security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303 on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.1.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

2026-10-omeraf

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · analyst

Detect & block this

O3 blocks security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303-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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