{"id":"MAL-2026-18218","summary":"Malicious code in qowa (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (67fe6a2b86c60720a8e3cc1002c183bd751ec1896d3be13a44b5ce7d1623afbd)\nThe package provides a C2 server and agent with pre-filed credentials, disguised as a generic utility.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-qowa\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - rat\n\n\n - spyware-like\n\n\n - target:android\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 - uses-telegram-bot\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n","modified":"2026-10-23T09:00:03.176659843Z","published":"2026-10-23T08:21:14Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-10-23T08:47:28.5113769Z","modified_time":"2026-10-23T08:21:14.1804Z","sha256":"67fe6a2b86c60720a8e3cc1002c183bd751ec1896d3be13a44b5ce7d1623afbd","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.0"],"id":"pypi/2026-10-qowa/qowa"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/qowa"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"qowa","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/qowa"},"versions":["0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/qowa/MAL-2026-18218.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}