MAL-2026-14488 Malicious code in python-walletlibr-v (PyPI)

Malicious package Published
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.

Sources

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