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MAL-2026-16268

Malicious code in index-forum (PyPI)

Details

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## Source: kam193 (7561fd94425cdde34f5f9f3d20482a0da8680414d0f38e1e00fea419ce23cf66) The package hides code to exfiltrate specific files from the user's machine. The used file paths suggest it was intended to be used in a CTF-like environment.

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

Campaign: 2026-09-pyjstat-smooth

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- files-exfiltration

- obfuscation

- targetted-attack

- clones-real-package

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Affected packages

PyPI/index-forum

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