MAL-2026-696

    Dashboard / Malicious Package / MAL-2026-696

    MAL-2026-696

    Published: 3 Feb 2026Last Modified: 3 Feb 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in pathfiles (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (a96d53709493a07432f8619b9ca322fef0fb4bf9080a02da7e8f6bc03353b3c0) Disguised as file system manipulation library, the package hides an obfuscated code to communicate with a Telegram channel. Though the usage is not known at the moment, the package is clearly created for data exfiltration Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-02-pathfiles Reasons (based on the campaign): - obfuscation - action-hidden-in-lib-usage

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pathfiles

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pathfiles

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pathfiles

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.1
    1.0.8
    1.0.9
    MAL-2026-696 | CVE-DB