MAL-2026-1435

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/python-anchor/MAL-2026-1435.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-1435
Published
2026-03-15T09:34:12Z
Modified
2026-03-15T10:21:52.899325Z
Summary
Malicious code in python-anchor (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (914b16cbc506c57a77eeed5ae14955bcf3b58fa49da92c2686b56a1d531c5268)

During import, package decrypts and runs a malicious executable. The executable is hidden in an encoded and xored form in the JSON resource file.

This is a follow up of the campaign 2026-03-fastapi-middleware-cors

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2026-03-ariadne-federation

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • malware

  • obfuscation

  • dependency-confusion

  • typosquatting

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "sha256": "914b16cbc506c57a77eeed5ae14955bcf3b58fa49da92c2686b56a1d531c5268",
            "versions": [
                "13.3.0",
                "14.6.0",
                "15.0.0"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-03-15T10:10:46.363668238Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-15T09:34:12.352649Z",
            "id": "pypi/2026-03-ariadne-federation/python-anchor"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / python-anchor

Package

Name
python-anchor
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Purl
pkg:pypi/python-anchor

Affected ranges

Affected versions

13.*
13.3.0
14.*
14.6.0
15.*
15.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/python-anchor/MAL-2026-1435.json"