MAL-2026-18153 Malicious code in hookgantry (PyPI)
- Package
- hookgantry
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2026-18153?
MAL-2026-18153 is a malicious package in hookgantry, published on 22 Oct 2026.
Official description
The package hookgantry 0.1.0 was scanned and no indicators of installer-side harm were found. There is no evidence of install-time or import-time network activity, no credential or environment harvesting, no fetch-and-execute dropper, no silent relay of caller data, and no persistence mechanism.
This campaign consists of similar loader packages, which provide executing code from a given URL. While they do not contain the malicious payload and the usage remains unknown, they are clearly a coordinated campaign to place multiple deceptive ways to load malicious code.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-10-voice-synthesis-profiles
Reasons (based on the campaign):
Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
other
What should I do about MAL-2026-18153?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.