Malicious code in donutpromotion (PyPI)
`donutpromotion` presents itself as a Minecraft SMP donation and rank-promotion helper. The published 0.1.0 sdist instead executes an encrypted downloader before setuptools processes the package. The automated package report identified a critical `py-download-and-execute` signal at `donutpromotion/telemetry.py:99`: downloaded or embedded bytes are decrypted and passed to `exec()` with unrestricted builtins. Review of the cited path confirms the install trigger. When `setup.py` runs during build or installation, lines 6-7 import and call `donutpromotion.telemetry.check()` before `setup()` runs. `telemetry.py:19` hardcodes `https://thisisafalsepositive.st/cdn/v2/promotion/manifest.json`. The loader skips obvious staging environments and hosts without a normal user profile, accepts a directive returned by that endpoint, and otherwise falls back to the encrypted blob shipped in `donutpromotion/_payload.py`. Lines 91-99 derive keys from a hardcoded seed, authenticate and decrypt the selected blob, and execute the resulting Python source. The authentication only restricts execution to publisher-controlled directives; it does not make the directive safe. Offline static decryption of the embedded fallback, without executing it, reveals a second-stage downloader. It checks Windows BIOS strings for VMware, VirtualBox, QEMU, Xen and other virtualisation products; searches the process list for Wireshark, Procmon, Process Hacker, IDA, x64dbg and other analysis tools; calls `IsDebuggerPres
MAL-2026-17196
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:MAL-2026-17196
donutpromotion
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 0.1.0
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"package": {
"name": "donutpromotion",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/donutpromotion",
"ecosystem": "PyPI"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.0"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwes": [
{
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
}
],
"source": "https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/donutpromotion/MAL-2026-17196.json",
"indicators": {
"evidence_files": [
{
"path": "donutpromotion/telemetry.py",
"tlsh": "145150f1ea896023c653d3594825d0e1a33abd2bbe626934bccd63685fc2435917368e",
"sha256": "0820d2a5923f919ce1c5c99d21fb2e6ba6ea3fe16cc46f3ba148b36c861fd73e"
},
{
"path": "donutpromotion/_payload.py",
"tlsh": "03c17dfd2f7439c299aa66dd6e92f0d00a4a201d6470f47941bd6fdf0928c571aa0289",
"sha256": "dd624a9189bbbd75b4ba20d9b288e68643ecc60133c78e2ce0daa9fa5082403e"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
"hashes": {
"md5": "6082dd651212e7a4adee9c60e26feb37",
"sha256": "c73ed2bc920c266feafba282e7554a0b13de9d453d20ca5eb309f89218744150",
"blake2b_256": "4cbd8ee08e145695d07ff8234c066f416fcc0ebcd867a92051759b8c6fd79a90"
},
"filename": "donutpromotion-0.1.0.tar.gz"
}
]
}
}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #58667 · Revision 1
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