MAL-2026-18235 Malicious code in runpier (PyPI)
- Package
- runpier
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2026-18235?
MAL-2026-18235 is a malicious package in runpier, published on 23 Oct 2026.
Official description
Package runpier version 0.1.0 on PyPI was scanned across 10 files. No install-time network activity, no subprocess or exec invocations tied to remote content, no reads of installer secret paths (~/.aws, ~/.ssh, ~/.npmrc, ~/.pypirc), no environment-variable scraping, no persistence mechanisms, and no outbound beacons were observed. No credential material, obfuscated payloads, or lifecycle hooks performing network I/O are present.
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-2026-18235?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.