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Malicious code in donutpromotion (PyPI)

Malware Published Sep 27, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 29, 2026

Package

pip donutpromotion (pip)

Affected versions

= 0.1.0

Patched versions

None

Description

Source: kam193 (26201e7959d7a736440fa6fb22ba7b9911c269b08460374d0a2db307ba6b0273)

During installation, obfuscated code is used to fetch code hidden in an image containing a Python application with a native extension module. This module holds an obfuscated infostealer which collects sensitive data and exfiltrates them to a C2 server retrieved from transaction history in the Polygon blockchain.

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

Campaign: 2026-09-donutautosellsrc

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • obfuscation

  • malware

  • native-extension

  • steganography

  • c2-in-blockchain

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

Credit: OpenSSF (source)

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 27, 2026
Reviewed Sep 27, 2026
Last updated Sep 29, 2026

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Embedded Malicious Code

The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature. Learn more on MITRE.

GHSA ID

GHSA-c2rx-rjgw-p83h

Source code

No known source code
Improvements are not currently accepted on this advisory because this package is malware and has no patched versions. If there is something to change, please open an issue at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues.