{"id":"MAL-2026-851","summary":"Malicious code in python-files-mod (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3f9a5cad398dbfcea1ea0ed1a7b20c678a67941581a4562aa92703ac86ee421a)\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":"2026-02-11T11:04:21.929757Z","published":"2026-02-11T10:40:53Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"3f9a5cad398dbfcea1ea0ed1a7b20c678a67941581a4562aa92703ac86ee421a","import_time":"2026-02-11T10:49:21.709532793Z","modified_time":"2026-02-11T10:40:53.320963Z","versions":["1.0.0"],"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2026-02-pathfiles/python-files-mod"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-files-mod"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-files-mod","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/python-files-mod"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/python-files-mod/MAL-2026-851.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}