{"id":"MAL-2026-18097","summary":"Malicious code in research-probe-6150c1c915 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (a646eaf4fe72ba013abc53d52c0bf017a9c4f3bfc54a8c358f9f246d3ac41945)\nThe package is most likely a reconnaissance of a shared infrastructure, collecting potentially sensitive data from cloud endpoints, activated via a PTH file on every Python loading. Collected data are stored in a local filesystem, suggesting the operator has to have some degree of control of the environment.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-omeraf\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-cloud-tokens\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - other\n\n\n - abuses-pth\n","modified":"2026-10-20T16:30:04.503973844Z","published":"2026-10-20T15:52:54Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-10-omeraf/research-probe-6150c1c915","import_time":"2026-10-20T16:20:35.319869376Z","modified_time":"2026-10-20T15:52:54.465409Z","sha256":"a646eaf4fe72ba013abc53d52c0bf017a9c4f3bfc54a8c358f9f246d3ac41945","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.0"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/research-probe-6150c1c915"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"research-probe-6150c1c915","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/research-probe-6150c1c915"},"versions":["0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/research-probe-6150c1c915/MAL-2026-18097.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}