Vulnerability MAL-2026-18094
Unknown
UNKNOWN RISK
Vulnerabilities without an assigned CVSS score. Severity is not determinable from available data.
3 hours ago
October 20, 2026 at 01:23 PM UTC
Malicious code in pafex (PyPI)
2.3
2.3
Summary
Malicious code in pafex (PyPI)
Details
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-10-webreader
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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files-exfiltration
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obfuscation
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The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package
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Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
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The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.
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rat
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persistence
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abuses-pth
References
Impacted packages
Timeline
Published
3 hours ago
October 20, 2026 at 01:23 PM UTC
Last Modified
2 hours ago
October 20, 2026 at 02:30 PM UTC