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Malicious code in znomig (PyPI)

Malicious code was discovered in the znomig package on PyPI. The package contained intentional malicious functionality and was cataloged by the OpenSSF malicious packages database.

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Blast radius
Unknown scope; PyPI distribution
Ecosystems
PyPI
Attack vectors
Compromised package
Affected entities
  • znomigPyPI package

The znomig package distributed via PyPI was found to contain malicious code. This incident was identified and documented by the OpenSSF's malicious packages project, which maintains a curated list of confirmed malicious software supply chain incidents.\n\nThe malicious package was assigned identifier MAL-2024-6258 in the OpenSSF database. The advisory was published on GitHub as GHSA-7hw8-x7j6-6gg2 on 2026-07-21.\n\nUsers who installed znomig from PyPI may have been affected by the malicious code execution.

Indicators of compromise

Packages
  • znomig

Remediation

  • Remove znomig from all environments where it was installed
  • Audit systems that had znomig installed for signs of compromise
  • Review package dependencies to identify if znomig was a transitive dependency
  • Use pip to uninstall: pip uninstall znomig
  • Check PyPI security advisories for updates on this incident

Sources

  1. GitHub Advisory GHSA-7hw8-x7j6-6gg2 · GitHub Advisory Database

Cite this entry

"Malicious code in znomig (PyPI)." supplychainattack.org, Supply Chain Attack Incident Catalog. Disclosed July 21, 2026; last updated July 21, 2026. https://supplychainattack.org/incident/malicious-code-in-znomig-pypi-fwhyoa

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