MAL-2026-16268

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/index-forum/MAL-2026-16268.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-16268
Published
2026-09-17T22:00:19Z
Modified
2026-09-23T05:30:07Z
Summary
Malicious code in index-forum (PyPI)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (4b837b7b56f9b239c9d0c86bd2e7d432d3223e496a9820c54b0a14fd3c542b22)

The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code

Source: kam193 (7561fd94425cdde34f5f9f3d20482a0da8680414d0f38e1e00fea419ce23cf66)

The package hides code to exfiltrate specific files from the user's machine. The used file paths suggest it was intended to be used in a CTF-like environment.

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

Campaign: 2026-09-pyjstat-smooth

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • files-exfiltration

  • obfuscation

  • targetted-attack

  • clones-real-package

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "pypi/2026-09-pyjstat-smooth/index-forum",
            "import_time":  "2026-09-17T22:37:45.891215681Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-17T22:00:19.800545Z",
            "sha256":  "7561fd94425cdde34f5f9f3d20482a0da8680414d0f38e1e00fea419ce23cf66",
            "source":  "kam193",
            "versions":  [
                "2.5.4"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-020463",
            "import_time":  "2026-09-23T05:18:36.345273323Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-23T05:10:50Z",
            "sha256":  "4b837b7b56f9b239c9d0c86bd2e7d432d3223e496a9820c54b0a14fd3c542b22",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
                "2.5.4"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / index-forum

Package

Name
index-forum
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Purl
pkg:pypi/index-forum

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.5.4

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId":  "CWE-506",
        "description":  "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name":  "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "package_integrity":  [
        {
            "filename":  "index_forum-2.5.4-py3-none-any.whl",
            "hashes":  {
                "blake2b_256":  "b30bcc9744d41b17940b58bb7c774855c52dad983ebfcae9d505a91e98239933",
                "md5":  "b3492874fed6329b1c1eaf8689b22e82",
                "sha256":  "79e68b33dadd5f21510333664398105e83faa1a1e504d6c3f0ae3028620a5e3e"
            }
        },
        {
            "filename":  "index_forum-2.5.4.tar.gz",
            "hashes":  {
                "blake2b_256":  "dab09cef47e563d8bbe0a3a0a181ba193837f9a929d389c22ebe455458d175b3",
                "md5":  "2a2c4157faa5e1985b489e8663eb41f8",
                "sha256":  "be716a6e70bbd9ab1c7ed7820909679c780bbd22376da31a92ccb90e3f71d991"
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/index-forum/MAL-2026-16268.json"