MAL-2026-1019 Malicious code in spark-audit-notify (PyPI)
- Package
- spark-audit-notify
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2026-1019?
MAL-2026-1019 is a malicious package in spark-audit-notify, published on 24 Feb 2026.
Official description
During installation, host identification details (including AD domain) are exfiltrated through a series of functions obfuscating this behavior.
Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.
Campaign: 2026-02-spark-audit-notify
Reasons (based on the campaign):
The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
obfuscation
What should I do about MAL-2026-1019?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.