MAL-2026-26

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    MAL-2026-26

    Published: 2 Jan 2026Last Modified: 23 Feb 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in pdatainstaller (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (671a0098c14338197a26cb64b7f5c35c0e741f3151313fff784bc7a4862ad579) Package is designed to download and execute a remote script, but the script itself seems to be broken (missing or wrong URLs). It's most probably a test before next packages with real malicious content. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-12-pdatainstaller Reasons (based on the campaign): - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script. - malware - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

    References: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file-analysis/NzcxYTcyZDQxMzc0ZDUwNTk4MDY4OTE3Y2U3MzdhNDY6MTc2NzQwMTQwOQ==, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pdatainstaller

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pdatainstaller

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pdatainstaller

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    MAL-2026-26 | CVE-DB