MAL-2026-16268

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    MAL-2026-16268

    Published: 17 Sept 2026Last Modified: 23 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in index-forum (PyPI)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (4b837b7b56f9b239c9d0c86bd2e7d432d3223e496a9820c54b0a14fd3c542b22) The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code Source: kam193 (7561fd94425cdde34f5f9f3d20482a0da8680414d0f38e1e00fea419ce23cf66) The 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. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-09-pyjstat-smooth Reasons (based on the campaign): - files-exfiltration - obfuscation - targetted-attack - clones-real-package

    References: https://github.com/xor34/pyjstat, https://github.com/ghostway0/pyjstat, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/index-forum, https://pypi.org/project/index-forum/2.5.4/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: index-forum

    Purl: pkg:pypi/index-forum

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.5.4