MAL-2026-593

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pypi-package-explore/MAL-2026-593.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-593
Published
2026-01-28T17:56:33Z
Modified
2026-01-28T19:03:21.820479Z
Summary
Malicious code in pypi-package-explore (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (54257ec88b5f7a5bd69177f84a4c396ab208e727ba1c7b079056f1fab2705c37)

Package presents an extremely deep obfuscation of a code that is imported during installation. The exact behavior is unknown, but it includes loading encrypted code and interrupting debugging attempts

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

Campaign: 2026-01-pypi-package-explore

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • obfuscation

  • other

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "54257ec88b5f7a5bd69177f84a4c396ab208e727ba1c7b079056f1fab2705c37",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2026-01-28T17:56:33.813658Z",
            "id": "pypi/2026-01-pypi-package-explore/pypi-package-explore",
            "import_time": "2026-01-28T18:47:39.664943552Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1a0",
                "0.0.2a0",
                "0.0.3a0",
                "0.0.4a1",
                "0.0.4a2",
                "0.0.4a3",
                "0.0.4a4"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / pypi-package-explore

Package

Name
pypi-package-explore
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Purl
pkg:pypi/pypi-package-explore

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1a0
0.0.2a0
0.0.3a0
0.0.4a1
0.0.4a2
0.0.4a3
0.0.4a4

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pypi-package-explore/MAL-2026-593.json"