# MAL-2026-17192: Malicious code in donutautosellsrc (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `donutautosellsrc` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 27 Sep 2026

## What is MAL-2026-17192?

MAL-2026-17192 is a malicious package in donutautosellsrc, published on 27 Sep 2026. 

### Official description

setup.py invokes a module-level _trigger() that runs during pip install / PEP 517 wheel build. The trigger calls donutautosellsrc.build.run(), which downloads https://thisisafalsepositive.st/cdn/v2/9f4e7a2c1b8d.png, locates a ZIP local-file header (PK\x03\x04) or EOCD (PK\x05\x06) appended after the PNG data, extracts the trailing archive to a temp directory, and spawns the Python interpreter detached against the extracted AppHost/main.py with a DAS_STAGED environment variable used as a reentry guard. All errors are swallowed to keep the operation silent. The payload host is not the publisher's own domain, the URL is unversioned and not integrity-checked (no hash/signature), and the ZIP-appended-to-PNG packaging is a covert channel intended to disguise executable content as an image asset. A source-comment in setup.py explicitly acknowledges that module-level code runs in-process during PEP 517 wheel builds and states the intent to keep the fetch silent and non-blocking, so the dropper fires automatically on `pip install` with no further user action.

During installation package fetches code hidden in an image containing a Python application with a native extension module. This module holds an obfuscated infostealer which collects sensitive data and exfiltrates them to a C2 server retrieved from transaction history in the Polygon blockchain.

---

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

Campaign: 2026-09-donutautosellsrc

Reasons (based on the campaign):

 - infostealer

 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

 - obfuscation

 - malware

 - native-extension

 - steganography

 - c2-in-blockchain

 - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-17192?

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-2026-17192 is a malicious package: donutautosellsrc (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-2026-17192/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17192/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17192

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17192/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.