MAL-2026-17918 Malicious code in tonemaptts (PyPI)
- Package
- tonemaptts
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2026-17918?
MAL-2026-17918 is a malicious package in tonemaptts, published on 17 Oct 2026.
Official description
Package tonemaptts version 0.1.0 was scanned (6 files). No install-time network I/O, no credential or environment harvesting, no suspicious lifecycle hooks, no obfuscated payloads, and no outbound connections to attacker-controlled destinations were observed in the package contents.
The package belongs to a series of packages falsely advertising 'audio-analysis profiles' loader. In fact, the only purpose is to execute remote code, but the URL is not embedded in the package. It is likely a continuation of the coin-mining campaign 2026-10-voxeval which used similar wording.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-10-emberlytts
Reasons (based on the campaign):
other
Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
What should I do about MAL-2026-17918?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.