MAL-2026-696

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pathfiles/MAL-2026-696.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-696
Published
2026-02-03T09:15:58Z
Modified
2026-02-03T10:33:00.956892Z
Summary
Malicious code in pathfiles (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (a96d53709493a07432f8619b9ca322fef0fb4bf9080a02da7e8f6bc03353b3c0)

Disguised as file system manipulation library, the package hides an obfuscated code to communicate with a Telegram channel. Though the usage is not known at the moment, the package is clearly created for data exfiltration

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

Campaign: 2026-02-pathfiles

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • obfuscation

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "a96d53709493a07432f8619b9ca322fef0fb4bf9080a02da7e8f6bc03353b3c0",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2026-02-03T09:30:36.188013Z",
            "id": "pypi/2026-02-pathfiles/pathfiles",
            "import_time": "2026-02-03T09:48:14.790582247Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1",
                "1.0.8",
                "1.0.9"
            ]
        },
        {
            "sha256": "2c8fab273f2136c763bb212071216bca9ac4ece66962e7afc14fa6d07cf67256",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2026-02-03T09:42:40.378878Z",
            "id": "pypi/2026-02-pathfiles/pathfiles",
            "import_time": "2026-02-03T10:17:17.545134258Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1",
                "1.0.8",
                "1.0.9",
                "1.1.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / pathfiles

Package

Name
pathfiles
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Purl
pkg:pypi/pathfiles

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.1
1.0.8
1.0.9
1.1.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pathfiles/MAL-2026-696.json"