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Malicious code in minecraft-ytreceiver (PyPI)

Malware Published Aug 25, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 31, 2026

Package

pip minecraft-ytreceiver (pip)

Affected versions

= 0.1.0
= 0.2.0
= 0.3.0
= 0.4.0
= 0.5.0

Patched versions

None

Description

Source: kam193 (af6c2393210af3735a9353f40789859af7f87c96bcbd00178df62edb2ff7175e)

The package hides code for exfiltrating files, recordings from the webcam, screenshots, keylogging.

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

Campaign: 2026-08-minecraft-ytreceiver

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • spyware-like

  • files-exfiltration

  • uses-telegram-bot

  • keylogger

Credit: OpenSSF (source)

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 25, 2026
Reviewed Aug 25, 2026
Last updated Aug 31, 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-cj4w-748x-8w4q

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.