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

2026-09-17T22:45:17Z

Summary

Malicious code in index-forum (PyPI)

Details

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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"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

References

Credits

- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) - REPORTER
- - https://github.com/kam193
  - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/

Affected packages

PyPI / index-forum

Package

Name: index-forum; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:pypi/index-forum

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.4

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/index-forum/MAL-2026-16268.json"