The telnyx packages on PyPI have been compromised
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March 27, 2026
The SafeDep blog reports that compromised versions of the telnyx package have been found in the PyPI repository:
Two versions of
telnyx(4.87.1 and 4.87.2) published to PyPI on March 27, 2026 contain malicious code injected intotelnyx/_client.py. The telnyx package averages over 1 million downloads per month (~30,000/day), making this a high-impact supply chain compromise. The payload downloads a second-stage binary hidden inside WAV audio files from a remote server, then either drops a persistent executable on Windows or harvests credentials on Linux/macOS.
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