{"id":"MAL-2026-16268","summary":"Malicious code in index-forum (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (7561fd94425cdde34f5f9f3d20482a0da8680414d0f38e1e00fea419ce23cf66)\nThe 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.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-09-pyjstat-smooth\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - targetted-attack\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n","modified":"2026-09-17T22:45:17.352859064Z","published":"2026-09-17T22:00:19Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-09-pyjstat-smooth/index-forum","import_time":"2026-09-17T22:37:45.891215681Z","modified_time":"2026-09-17T22:00:19.800545Z","sha256":"7561fd94425cdde34f5f9f3d20482a0da8680414d0f38e1e00fea419ce23cf66","source":"kam193","versions":["2.5.4"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/xor34/pyjstat"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ghostway0/pyjstat"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/index-forum"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"index-forum","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/index-forum"},"versions":["2.5.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/index-forum/MAL-2026-16268.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}