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PyPI: tui-ascii-art

SFTY-20260320-09877

--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: kam193 (4358458e150317ab394c6dd2d0137a8c395a32bae309cc1bfd829f123dab1393) These packages are used as build dependencies of malicious packages in newer waves of the campaign 2026-02-urllib-slim. They are used to split the malicious action between dependencies and are not malicious alone, but are used together to: exfiltrate information through DNS, collect information about the processes and covering tracks by installing packages from local private repositories. Package nspack additionally notifies upon importing a domain known for malicious activity with the package and hostname. --- Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-03-geekennedy Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package

Created at: Mar 23, 2026Updated at: Mar 23, 2026

Overview

Malicious code in tui-ascii-art (PyPI)

Advisory

Malicious code in tui-ascii-art (PyPI)

Affected Package

Affecting tui-ascii-art package, versions
==0.1.0
==0.1.1

Also affects

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How to Fix

We recommend updating tui-ascii-art to the latest non-vulnerable version.

Mitigation and Workarounds

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