MAL-2026-444

See a problem?
Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/terminalbrush/MAL-2026-444.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-444
Published
2026-01-21T19:31:32Z
Modified
2026-01-21T20:18:00.940147Z
Summary
Malicious code in terminalbrush (PyPI)
Details

-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-

Source: kam193 (35e06fb41f9c1a4f082cf49a72dec89fc5b4d2f6580b97e527d291d50807b801)

Package downloads an executable, places it distinguished as a Python binary and starts it. At the time of analysis, the URL was no longer active, so it was not possible to confirm the exact behaviour.

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

Campaign: 2026-01-old-terminalbrush

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.1",
                "0.2.4"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-01-21T20:11:54.240415641Z",
            "sha256": "35e06fb41f9c1a4f082cf49a72dec89fc5b4d2f6580b97e527d291d50807b801",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2026-01-old-terminalbrush/terminalbrush",
            "modified_time": "2026-01-21T19:31:32.049047Z"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://free-proxies.cloud/download"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / terminalbrush

Package

Name
terminalbrush
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/terminalbrush

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*

0.1
0.2.4

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/terminalbrush/MAL-2026-444.json"