{"id":"MAL-2026-696","summary":"Malicious code in pathfiles (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (a96d53709493a07432f8619b9ca322fef0fb4bf9080a02da7e8f6bc03353b3c0)\nDisguised as file system manipulation library, the package hides an obfuscated code to communicate with a Telegram channel. Though the usage is not known at the moment, the package is clearly created for data exfiltration\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-02-pathfiles\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n","modified":"2026-02-03T10:33:00.956892Z","published":"2026-02-03T09:15:58Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-02-03T09:48:14.790582247Z","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.1","1.0.8","1.0.9"],"sha256":"a96d53709493a07432f8619b9ca322fef0fb4bf9080a02da7e8f6bc03353b3c0","modified_time":"2026-02-03T09:30:36.188013Z","id":"pypi/2026-02-pathfiles/pathfiles"},{"import_time":"2026-02-03T10:17:17.545134258Z","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.1","1.0.8","1.0.9","1.1.1"],"sha256":"2c8fab273f2136c763bb212071216bca9ac4ece66962e7afc14fa6d07cf67256","modified_time":"2026-02-03T09:42:40.378878Z","id":"pypi/2026-02-pathfiles/pathfiles"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pathfiles"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pathfiles","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/pathfiles"},"versions":["1.0.1","1.0.8","1.0.9","1.1.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pathfiles/MAL-2026-696.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}