MAL-2026-498

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/instascan-pro/MAL-2026-498.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-498
Published
2026-01-24T16:15:55Z
Modified
2026-01-24T16:48:01Z
Summary
Malicious code in instascan-pro (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (94d76fe0beb67ab3d875d659dac44b4650be6b8f5bbb4b43635c0fc2fa7b4af9)

The package contains a module prepared to collect and exfiltrate user's files.

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

Campaign: 2026-01-instascan-pro

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-generic

  • files-exfiltration

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "pypi/2026-01-instascan-pro/instascan-pro",
            "import_time":  "2026-01-24T16:41:47.278231437Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-01-24T16:15:55.629141Z",
            "sha256":  "94d76fe0beb67ab3d875d659dac44b4650be6b8f5bbb4b43635c0fc2fa7b4af9",
            "source":  "kam193",
            "versions":  [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / instascan-pro

Package

Name
instascan-pro
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Purl
pkg:pypi/instascan-pro

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/instascan-pro/MAL-2026-498.json"