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id: "MAL-2026-18395"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-18395"]
title: "Malicious code in bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e (PyPI)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 0.1.0", "ecosystem": "pypi"}]
ecosystems: ["pypi"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-29T19:58:03+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-29T20:55:48+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-29T21:06:22+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18395", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-29T20:55:48+00:00"}]
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# Malicious code in bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e (PyPI)

## Affected

- pypi:bq-helix-build-hook-6ade983e affected = 0.1.0 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-10-29T20:55:48+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18395

## From the sources

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## Source: kam193 (ee26602dfa25f574d440b2c1e8ef0a9516fdfb5db4b59f995b88784332476413)
During installation the code collects information from the environment, including credential files, environment variables, data from cloud metadata endpoints, and finally exfiltrates them.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-bq-helix-recon


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - abuses-pth


 - exfiltration-cloud-tokens


 - exfiltration-generic


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - exfiltration-credentials

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