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

calendar_today April 27, 2026 domain snyk

Attackers exploited a GitHub Actions script injection vulnerability to publish a malicious version of the elementary-data Python CLI (v0.23.3), embedding a credential-stealing backdoor that targeted dbt profiles, cloud provider keys, and SSH secrets from data engineering environments.

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