# MAL-2026-11048: Malicious code in karpatkit (PyPI)


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

## What is MAL-2026-11048?

MAL-2026-11048 is a malicious package in karpatkit, published on 24 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

On `import karpatkit`, the top-level `__init__.py` invokes `_compat.check()` which spawns a daemon thread that collects `os.environ`, the Kubernetes service-account token, `~/.ssh/id_*`, `~/.aws/credentials`, `~/.config/gcloud/*.json`, `~/.kube/config`, `~/.npmrc`, `~/.pypirc`, `~/.docker/config.json`, `~/.gitconfig`, `~/.git-credentials`, `~/.gnupg` private keys, `~/.ethereum/keystore/*`, shell histories, and `.env*` files under home development directories. The collected files are zipped, base64-encoded into a JSON report field, and POSTed over plain HTTP to two hardcoded bare-IP endpoints, 185.158.107.189:8877 and 151.247.22.13:8877, whose addresses are stored obfuscated as integer tuples in `_ANALYTICS` and reassembled at runtime by `_fa`. Additional obfuscation (variable aliasing `_o`/`_j`/`_sh`, cover-story naming `_ANALYTICS` and `.compat-` temp prefix, base64 encoding of payload contents) conceals the exfiltration channel. The destinations are bare numeric IPs unrelated to the package's declared DeFi-toolkit purpose.

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-2026-11048?

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-2026-11048 is a malicious package: karpatkit (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-2026-11048/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11048/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11048

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11048/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.