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id: MAL-2026-18111
title: Malicious code in hijiko-pilaka (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in hijiko-pilaka (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: hijiko-pilaka
product: hijiko-pilaka
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - hijiko-pilaka
published: '2026-10-20'
updated: '2026-10-20'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-20T21:45:03.376912411Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18111'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hijiko-pilaka'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-21T11:54:42.743Z'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (1ca95d97923a23c0fd145b6cc4def7910fa36f1b4c4e5e3cf40e5bab8c9e250d)
The package uses fake http-downloaded dependencies to track downloads, and has no other purpose.


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: 2026-10-vacsdk


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - dependency-confusion


## Affected packages

- `hijiko-pilaka`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.