mal-2026-16268

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
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          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
          }
        ],
        "indicators": {
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        "name": "index-forum"
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        "inspector-research@amazon.com"
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      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    },
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      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    }
  ],
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        "import_time": "2026-09-17T22:37:45.891215681Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-09-17T22:00:19.800545Z",
        "sha256": "7561fd94425cdde34f5f9f3d20482a0da8680414d0f38e1e00fea419ce23cf66",
        "source": "kam193",
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          "2.5.4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-020463",
        "import_time": "2026-09-23T05:18:36.345273323Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-09-23T05:10:50Z",
        "sha256": "4b837b7b56f9b239c9d0c86bd2e7d432d3223e496a9820c54b0a14fd3c542b22",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
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        ]
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    ]
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  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (4b837b7b56f9b239c9d0c86bd2e7d432d3223e496a9820c54b0a14fd3c542b22)\nThe package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code\n\n## Source: kam193 (7561fd94425cdde34f5f9f3d20482a0da8680414d0f38e1e00fea419ce23cf66)\nThe package hides code to exfiltrate specific files from the user's machine. The used file paths suggest it was intended to be used in a CTF-like environment.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-09-pyjstat-smooth\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - targetted-attack\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-16268",
  "modified": "2026-09-23T05:20:43.586350220Z",
  "published": "2026-09-17T22:00:19Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/xor34/pyjstat"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ghostway0/pyjstat"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/index-forum"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/index-forum/2.5.4/"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in index-forum (PyPI)"
}