Malicious Release of elementary-data PyPI Package Steals Cloud Credentials from Data Engineers

2026-04-29T08:52:02Z86645442a08463f17ffd03ec37b50e16051353229fedb35b8c96cbfe71a70920
GitHub ActionsPyPIQinglongRCESSH-keysauthentication-bypassbackdoorcloud-credentialscredential theftcryptominingdbtexploited-in-the-wildincident-responsemalicious-packagerotate-keysscript injectionsecret-scanningsupply-chain

What happened

Snyk reports multiple active supply‑chain and exploitation incidents: a malicious PyPI release of the elementary-data Python CLI (v0.23.3) was published via a GitHub Actions script‑injection and contains a credential‑stealing backdoor targeting dbt profiles, cloud provider keys and SSH secrets from data engineering environments; separately, two authentication‑bypass vulnerabilities in the Qinglong task scheduler (CVE-2026-3965, CVE-2026-4047) have been exploited in the wild to deploy cryptomining malware. Recommended mitigations include auditing and pinning dependencies, scanning packages for恶

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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snyk_blog
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86645442a08463f17ffd03ec37b50e16051353229fedb35b8c96cbfe71a70920
Enrichment time
2026-04-29T08:52:02Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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