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Malicious code in pymem-win (PyPI)

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Unknown
Published: 09/11/2026 (09/11/2026, 14:47:19 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Product: pymem-win

Description

--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (4c611131ac135f4608698ce56eebd7dc89623b591510a050f2059369c9d51bbf) Pymem-win is a near-verbatim copy of the legitimate upstream Pymem package (reusing its description, repository URL github.com/srounet/Pymem, and author identity Fabien Reboia <[email protected]>) republished under a confusable name. The top-level pymem/__init__.py contains a one-line loader that reverses a bytes literal, base64-decodes it, zlib-decompresses it, and passes the result to exec(). This runs unconditionally on `import pymem`, handing full in-process code execution to a payload deliberately hidden behind three stacked transforms. The multi-layer obfuscation around an exec target has no legitimate purpose in a library import path; combined with the typosquat cover story that reuses the upstream author's identity, the package's function on install/import is to run attacker-chosen code inside any process that imports it. ## Source: kam193 (82eb1f11c9b56a2f2c3e97530db43ef94784a2c75697223828403927b0528477) During import, the obfuscated code downloads and executes an executable. The remote executable did not exist during analysis, but the repository used to host it overlaps with previous campaign 2026-07-yt-api-dlp --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-09-pymem-win Reasons (based on the campaign): - obfuscation - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - clones-real-package

Affected software

PyPIghsa
pymem-win
Affected versions
=1.14.0=1.14.1=1.14.4=1.14.5=1.14.6

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
MAL-2026-16128
Osv Schema Version
1.7.4
Ecosystems
["PyPI"]

Threat ID: 6aa49fe555bf5e2cf5a7d74d

Added to database: 09/12/2026, 00:42:13 UTC

Last updated: 09/12/2026, 00:42:13 UTC

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