# MAL-2026-11047: Malicious code in karpatkey (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `karpatkey` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 24 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-11047?

MAL-2026-11047 is a malicious package in karpatkey, published on 24 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

On `import karpatkey`, the top-level `karpatkey/__init__.py` spawns a daemon background thread that walks the installer's home directory and collects SSH private keys (`~/.ssh/id_*`), AWS credentials (`~/.aws/credentials`), GCP credentials (`~/.config/gcloud/`), kubeconfig (`~/.kube/config`), Ethereum wallet keystores (`~/.ethereum/keystore/*`), GnuPG private keys (`~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d/*`), `.npmrc`/`.pypirc`/docker/git credentials, shell histories, `.env*` files under Desktop/Projects/repos/code/src/work, Kubernetes service-account tokens from `/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount`, and the full `os.environ`. The archive is zipped, base64-encoded and POSTed via plain HTTP to two hardcoded bare-IP destinations, 185.158.107.189:8877 and 151.247.22.13:8877, encoded as integer tuples in an `_ANALYTICS` list and reassembled at runtime by an `_fa` helper. The module `karpatkey/_compat.py` presents itself as a "Runtime environment compatibility layer" and stages the archive as `.compat_cache.zip`, a cover-story that does not match the observed behavior. The destinations are unrelated to the declared publisher domain `kpk.io`.

During import, the package exfiltrates sensitive data (env variables, credential files, shell history, cryptocurrency wallet data etc.). It appears to be targeting users of kpk.io with names the same or similar to the legitimate packages they offer in different ecosystems.

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

Campaign: 2026-07-roles-royce

Reasons (based on the campaign):

 - dependency-confusion

 - targetted-attack

 - exfiltration-credentials

 - exfiltration-env-variables

 - exfiltration-cloud-tokens

 - exfiltration-ssh-keys

 - exfiltration-crypto

## What should I do about MAL-2026-11047?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-11047 is a malicious package: karpatkey (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11047/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11047/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11047

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11047/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.