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id: MAL-2026-18097
title: Malicious code in research-probe-6150c1c915 (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in research-probe-6150c1c915 (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: research-probe-6150c1c915
product: research-probe-6150c1c915
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - research-probe-6150c1c915
published: '2026-10-20'
updated: '2026-10-20'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-20T16:30:04.503973844Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18097'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/research-probe-6150c1c915'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-21T11:54:42.740Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (a646eaf4fe72ba013abc53d52c0bf017a9c4f3bfc54a8c358f9f246d3ac41945)
The package is most likely a reconnaissance of a shared infrastructure, collecting potentially sensitive data from cloud endpoints, activated via a PTH file on every Python loading. Collected data are stored in a local filesystem, suggesting the operator has to have some degree of control of the environment.


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


Campaign: 2026-10-omeraf


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-cloud-tokens


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - other


 - abuses-pth


## Affected packages

- `research-probe-6150c1c915`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.