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id: "MAL-2026-18097"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-18097"]
title: "Malicious code in research-probe-6150c1c915 (PyPI)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "research-probe-6150c1c915", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 0.1.0", "ecosystem": "pypi"}]
ecosystems: ["pypi"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-20T15:52:54+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T20:52:00+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:05:48+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18097", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T20:52:00+00:00"}]
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# Malicious code in research-probe-6150c1c915 (PyPI)

## Affected

- pypi:research-probe-6150c1c915 affected = 0.1.0 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T20:52:00+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18097

## From the sources

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## Source: kam193 (a646eaf4fe72ba013abc53d52c0bf017a9c4f3bfc54a8c358f9f246d3ac41945)
The package is most likely a reconnaissance of a shared infrastructure, collecting potentially sensitive data from cloud endpoints, activated via a PTH file on every Python loading. Collected data are stored in a local filesystem, suggesting the operator has to have some degree of control of the environment.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-omeraf


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-cloud-tokens


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - other


 - abuses-pth

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