{"id":"MAL-2026-16142","summary":"Malicious code in python-fork (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (0bff88696e931354b786185cde4b21e28c27407203c5733ac31b52b7186c1e78)\nImporting the module starts a fork bomb, what can lead to destabilizing the system.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-09-python-fork\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - other\n","modified":"2026-09-12T10:30:05.422554875Z","published":"2026-09-12T09:15:57Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-09-python-fork/python-fork","import_time":"2026-09-12T10:15:50.493268624Z","modified_time":"2026-09-12T09:15:57.654803Z","sha256":"0bff88696e931354b786185cde4b21e28c27407203c5733ac31b52b7186c1e78","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-fork"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-fork","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/python-fork"},"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/python-fork/MAL-2026-16142.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}