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id: MAL-2026-6970
title: Malicious code in jsonschemavalid (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in jsonschemavalid (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: jsonschemavalid
product: jsonschemavalid
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - jsonschemavalid
published: '2026-07-08'
updated: '2026-07-08'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6970'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/jsonschemavalid'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:55.280Z'
---

## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (66c7a352526170a98abaa8fcccfd433c9e8326e340df4904adce19bd13a05902)
A clone of a legitimate package with an embeded reverse shell. In the published version, the reverse shell was connecting to a private IP address suggesting the package was not yet fully weaponized.


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


Campaign: 2026-07-jsonschemavalidation


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.


 - clones-real-package


 - obfuscation


## Affected packages

- `jsonschemavalid`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.