MAL-2026-18156 Malicious code in asrdock (PyPI)
- Package
- asrdock
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2026-18156?
MAL-2026-18156 is a malicious package in asrdock, published on 22 Oct 2026.
Official description
Analysis of asrdock 0.1.0 on PyPI produced no indicators of installer-side harm. No install-time or import-time network activity, no credential or filesystem secret reads, no fetch-and-execute of remote content, no silent relay, no backdoor, and no destructive behavior were observed in the shipped files.
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):
other
Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
What should I do about MAL-2026-18156?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.