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id: MAL-2026-17756
title: Malicious code in pafer (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in pafer (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: pafer
product: pafer
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - pafer
published: '2026-10-10'
updated: '2026-10-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-10T11:45:03.481597357Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17756'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pafer'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-11T07:43:08.914Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (a74b7c5b356a87fe0262954cbedbcc432497ab25edaccbade0ce9ce04b16a8c9)
In this campaign, the main package (webreader) has an embeded pickle disguised as a config. A related dependency (pafer) contains code to load the pickle. During unpickling, malicious code embeded in the pickle file is automatically executed. It then establishes persistence via a PTH file and downloads the next stage payload. It finally acts like a RAT, allowing remote exfiltration and code execution.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-webreader


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - obfuscation


 - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.


 - abuses-pth


 - persistence


 - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package


 - files-exfiltration


## Affected packages

- `pafer`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.