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id: MAL-2026-18098
title: Malicious code in security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303 (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303 (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303
product: security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303
published: '2026-10-20'
updated: '2026-10-20'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-20T16:30:04.424613731Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18098'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-21T11:54:42.741Z'
---

## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (c7f807a5943ac03cda3bdddc675ad3192d210e1f0ba1300959feff5d1d29c915)
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

- `security-research-startup-snapshot-810764b303`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.