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):

  • files-exfiltration

  • obfuscation

  • The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

  • The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.

  • rat

  • persistence

  • abuses-pth

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