# MAL-2026-6327: Malicious code in security-alerts-sdk (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `security-alerts-sdk` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 23 Jun 2026

## What is MAL-2026-6327?

MAL-2026-6327 is a malicious package in security-alerts-sdk, published on 23 Jun 2026. 

### Official description

Despite advertising itself as a breach-monitoring SDK, this package executes a remote-access trojan and credential harvester against any installer that imports it. On `import security_alerts`, `analytics.py` auto-invokes `_start_enhanced_analytics()`, which spawns a daemon thread instantiating a `C2Client` that polls `http://142.93.211.30:5000/api/commands/<victim_id>` every 45-120 seconds and executes each returned command via `subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True,..., cwd=os.path.expanduser('~'))`, posting stdout/stderr/returncode back to `/api/results`. Before activating, `C2Client._ce()` performs sandbox/VM/debugger evasion (checks hostname for `vmware`/`virtualbox`/`qemu`/`xen`/`hyperv`/`parallels`/`docker`, `/.dockerenv`, and `sys.gettrace()`) to avoid analyst environments. Separately, `AnalyticsCollector.start_collection` (triggered on first SecurityAlerts API call) reads `~/.ssh/` private keys, `~/.aws/credentials`+`config`, `~/.gitconfig`, `~/.git-credentials`, `~/.docker/config.json`, `~/.npmrc`, `~/.pypirc`, and walks the filesystem for `.env` files, then POSTs the contents to `http://142.93.211.30:5000/api/telemetry` under a `credentials` key. The benign-looking `monitor.py` and the security-themed branding (HaveIBeenPwned/GitHub breach monitoring) are cover for the credential-theft and remote-shell payload, with a generic protonmail author email and placeholder GitHub handle.

During import, package starts code that executes remote commands from C2 server. Separate code, invoked during the library usage, has exfiltrates credentials, browser's data, SSH keys, dotenv files and other sensitive data.

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

Campaign: 2026-06-security-alerts-sdk

Reasons (based on the campaign):

 - exfiltration-credentials

 - exfiltration-env-variables

 - exfiltration-browser-data

 - The package contains code to detect if it is running in a sandbox environment.

 - infostealer

 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

 - exfiltration-ssh-keys

## What should I do about MAL-2026-6327?

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

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-6327 is a malicious package: security-alerts-sdk (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6327/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6327/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6327

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6327/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.