{"id":"MAL-2026-593","summary":"Malicious code in pypi-package-explore (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (54257ec88b5f7a5bd69177f84a4c396ab208e727ba1c7b079056f1fab2705c37)\nPackage presents an extremely deep obfuscation of a code that is imported during installation. The exact behavior is unknown, but it includes loading encrypted code and interrupting debugging attempts\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-01-pypi-package-explore\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - other\n","modified":"2026-01-28T19:03:21.820479Z","published":"2026-01-28T17:56:33Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","import_time":"2026-01-28T18:47:39.664943552Z","id":"pypi/2026-01-pypi-package-explore/pypi-package-explore","sha256":"54257ec88b5f7a5bd69177f84a4c396ab208e727ba1c7b079056f1fab2705c37","versions":["0.0.1a0","0.0.2a0","0.0.3a0","0.0.4a1","0.0.4a2","0.0.4a3","0.0.4a4"],"modified_time":"2026-01-28T17:56:33.813658Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pypi-package-explore"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pypi-package-explore","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/pypi-package-explore"},"versions":["0.0.1a0","0.0.2a0","0.0.3a0","0.0.4a1","0.0.4a2","0.0.4a3","0.0.4a4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pypi-package-explore/MAL-2026-593.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}