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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

platforms

MAL-2026-901

Malicious code in platforms (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (152f27ebcd7a8c662ffcbfe69086e0a50e71f73993bc7d97ce3bb67896c8a4dc)
During importing, the code automatically starts a Telegram bot designed to download and save files locally upon a specific message in the channel. While this seems to have limited harm, this behavior is not disclosed and involved packages have typosquatting-like names. The core code is in the "platforms" package


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


Campaign: 2026-02-old-platforms


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - other


 - typosquatting


 - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package

Compromised versions (7)

  • 1.0.0
  • 1.0.1
  • 2.0.0
  • 3.0.0
  • 4.0.0
  • 5.0.0
  • 6.0.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.