MAL-2026-851

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/python-files-mod/MAL-2026-851.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-851

Published

2026-02-11T10:40:53Z

Modified

2026-02-11T11:04:21.929757Z

Summary

Malicious code in python-files-mod (PyPI)

Details

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Source: kam193 (3f9a5cad398dbfcea1ea0ed1a7b20c678a67941581a4562aa92703ac86ee421a)

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": "3f9a5cad398dbfcea1ea0ed1a7b20c678a67941581a4562aa92703ac86ee421a",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2026-02-11T10:40:53.320963Z",
            "id": "pypi/2026-02-pathfiles/python-files-mod",
            "import_time": "2026-02-11T10:49:21.709532793Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

References

https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-files-mod

Credits

- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) - REPORTER
- - https://github.com/kam193
  - https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/

Affected packages

PyPI / python-files-mod

Package

Name: python-files-mod; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:pypi/python-files-mod

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/python-files-mod/MAL-2026-851.json"