python-fork

{"schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-16142","published":"2026-09-12T09:15:57Z","modified":"2026-09-23T05:20:43.686889150Z","summary":"Malicious code in python-fork (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (ccd1d960319085a4aee1c389c4b394bfddd03f3c2af57f4d09bce88f9ad4a66d)\nThe package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code\n\n## Source: kam193 (0bff88696e931354b786185cde4b21e28c27407203c5733ac31b52b7186c1e78)\nImporting the module starts a fork bomb, what can lead to destabilizing the system.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-09-python-fork\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - other\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-fork","ecosystem":"PyPI"},"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"python_fork/main.py","sha256":"9b41d818a167786cd623deace02a5bc9cc52682abd60b562f28d6fccecee3178"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"python_fork-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"d8262caa51663d203cb1814c27469b92b839cd898dfe05ddbfce7dfb1346a9fd","md5":"32313b22ae7129835897b156593c56c1","sha256":"4be839959f96d71a2df7a4b1c48d7866f0e3cdf5f1f581ffd6cfdcf3474e541a"}},{"filename":"python_fork-0.1.0.tar.gz","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"8f173cee75c536d667415e8ca254915b8ff2043ac95b0cd2bf59a2eaafe8296f","md5":"c152d5b6c9543fca17c3efb2a805f453","sha256":"13a753b6aa92cf8a311b258ffa1b5c984cca0cf39d757402169c7ec87f2e11d9"}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-fork"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/python-fork/0.1.0/"}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-09-python-fork/python-fork","import_time":"2026-09-12T10:15:50.493268624Z","modified_time":"2026-09-12T09:15:57.654803Z","sha256":"0bff88696e931354b786185cde4b21e28c27407203c5733ac31b52b7186c1e78","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-020471","import_time":"2026-09-23T05:18:37.076246547Z","modified_time":"2026-09-23T05:12:06Z","sha256":"ccd1d960319085a4aee1c389c4b394bfddd03f3c2af57f4d09bce88f9ad4a66d","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["0.1.0"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}