{"id":"MAL-2026-16017","summary":"Malicious code in telegram-helper (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (7db7944f424aaa877ab4c7d4555c4358900d45011b05a886837a14efea2a72a9)\nThe package hides code that starts a Telegram bot to exfiltrate sensitive session files and cookies\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-09-telegram-helper\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - rat\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - target:telegram\n\n\n - uses-telegram-bot\n\n\n - exfiltration-browser-data\n","modified":"2026-09-07T21:45:04.121403845Z","published":"2026-09-07T21:17:35Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-09-telegram-helper/telegram-helper","import_time":"2026-09-07T21:38:11.218467811Z","modified_time":"2026-09-07T21:17:35.335618Z","sha256":"7db7944f424aaa877ab4c7d4555c4358900d45011b05a886837a14efea2a72a9","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.1","0.1.2"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/telegram-helper"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"telegram-helper","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/telegram-helper"},"versions":["0.1.1","0.1.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/telegram-helper/MAL-2026-16017.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}