MAL-2026-2119 Malicious code in apachelicense (PyPI)

Malicious clone of legitimate "license" package. When using the find_by_key function, the malicious code from strongly obfuscated files is loaded. It then at least collects data from cryptowallets and password managers and exfiltrate them to a hardcoded remote location.

Prior version 0.1b2, the malicious code was hosted externally and downloaded when triggered.

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2026-03-license-utils-kit

Reasons (based on the campaign):

• infostealer

• obfuscation

• crypto-related

• action-hidden-in-lib-usage

• exfiltration-credentials

• clones-real-package