MAL-2026-901

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    MAL-2026-901

    Published: 14 Feb 2026Last Modified: 14 Feb 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in platforms (PyPI)

    Details: 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 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

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: platforms

    Purl: pkg:pypi/platforms

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    1.0.1
    MAL-2026-901 | CVE-DB