{"id":"MAL-2026-697","summary":"Malicious code in pathlib-v2-utility (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c8dc8b60e188fb941aeb9f5b6207d2c0fcab27719a142558498bf72d1602d992)\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":"2026-02-03T10:04:42.866218Z","published":"2026-02-03T09:17:38Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-02-pathfiles/pathlib-v2-utility","versions":["1.0.4","1.0.5"],"modified_time":"2026-02-03T09:17:38.260848Z","sha256":"c8dc8b60e188fb941aeb9f5b6207d2c0fcab27719a142558498bf72d1602d992","import_time":"2026-02-03T09:48:14.793820441Z","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pathlib-v2-utility"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pathlib-v2-utility","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/pathlib-v2-utility"},"versions":["1.0.4","1.0.5"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pathlib-v2-utility/MAL-2026-697.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"}]}