crypto-helper @1.0.0
Vulnerability report · Last retrieved from osv.dev June 23, 2026 at 4:30 AM UTC
OSV ID
MAL-2026-5088
Ecosystem
pypi
Summary
During installation, the code tamper with security settings and downloads and executes malicious executable. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-05-cryptolock Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - malware
Source: kam193 (bbb379240ef7e43770f6dab576919fa97bd23ffbb8d3e39b31fd656649335fd7)
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