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id: MAL-2026-16141
title: Malicious code in platform-telemetry-client (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in platform-telemetry-client (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: platform-telemetry-client
product: platform-telemetry-client
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - platform-telemetry-client
published: '2026-09-11'
updated: '2026-09-12'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-12T01:00:03.433173055Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16141'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/platform-telemetry-client'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T03:13:01.742Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (7464733f1d7353ae3aa3c9da2c60116c92298bfd84c94a6cba4e5f423cb0a0eb)
The package contains PTH file triggering the loader on every Python initialization. The loader tries to download next stage payload stored in chunks in DNS records. During analysis, the intended domain was not yet registered. The chosen name suggests relation to the campaign 2026-09-openaii.


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


Campaign: 2026-09-platform-telemetry-client


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - abuses-pth


 - data-stored-in-dns


 - obfuscation


## Affected packages

- `platform-telemetry-client`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.