MAL-2026-17920 Malicious code in voltswannts (PyPI)

Malicious package Published
Package
voltswannts
Registry
PyPI

What is MAL-2026-17920?

MAL-2026-17920 is a malicious package in voltswannts, published on 17 Oct 2026.

Official description

The package voltswannts 0.1.0 on PyPI contains 6 scanned files with no behaviors indicating supply-chain attack against installers. No install-time or import-time network activity, no credential or filesystem reads targeting installer secrets, no shell execution of fetched content, no lifecycle or build-backend side effects, and no obfuscated payloads were observed.

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-2026-17920?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

Sources

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