MAL-2026-14488 Malicious code in python-walletlibr-v (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-14488 is a malicious package: python-walletlibr-v (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-2026-14488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14488/index.md)
- Package
- python-walletlibr-v
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2026-14488?
MAL-2026-14488 is a malicious package in python-walletlibr-v, published on 25 Aug 2026.
Official description
python-walletlibr-v is a wallet-lookalike PyPI package that ships no wallet functionality — only a stub hello() that prints 'Hello from my custom library!' and placeholder author metadata (author = 'Your Name'). Its setup.py registers a CustomInstall command that, on Windows at pip install time, writes a.bat file into %TEMP%, spawns a new cmd.exe console to execute it via subprocess.Popen(['cmd.exe','/k', bat_path], CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE), and calls os.system('calc'). Arbitrary local command execution fires automatically during pip install on Windows hosts, unrelated to any advertised functionality.
What should I do about MAL-2026-14488?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.