MAL-2026-18396

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/bq-helix-recon-6ade983e/MAL-2026-18396.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-18396
Published
2026-10-29T19:56:11Z
Modified
2026-10-29T20:30:02Z
Summary
Malicious code in bq-helix-recon-6ade983e (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (9663aaa7e713f47d83da712da5653aa7d3e1919fd70419d9fc5749145f575b17)

Package places PTH/sitecustomize files triggering execution of malicious code on every Python startup. The code then collects information from the environment, including credential files, environment variables, data from cloud metadata endpoints, and finally exfiltrates them.

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

Campaign: 2026-10-bq-helix-recon

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • abuses-pth

  • exfiltration-cloud-tokens

  • exfiltration-generic

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • exfiltration-credentials

Database specific 
{
    "iocs":  {
        "ips":  [
            "34.45.253.92"
        ],
        "urls":  [
            "http://34.45.253.92:8080/bq-helix-recon-6ade983e"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "pypi/2026-10-bq-helix-recon/bq-helix-recon-6ade983e",
            "import_time":  "2026-10-29T20:13:26.858869241Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-10-29T19:56:11.502559Z",
            "sha256":  "9663aaa7e713f47d83da712da5653aa7d3e1919fd70419d9fc5749145f575b17",
            "source":  "kam193",
            "versions":  [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.2"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / bq-helix-recon-6ade983e

Package

Name
bq-helix-recon-6ade983e
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Purl
pkg:pypi/bq-helix-recon-6ade983e

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0
0.1.2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/bq-helix-recon-6ade983e/MAL-2026-18396.json"