platforms

{"modified":"2026-02-14T12:29:36Z","published":"2026-02-14T12:29:36Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-901","summary":"Malicious code in platforms (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (152f27ebcd7a8c662ffcbfe69086e0a50e71f73993bc7d97ce3bb67896c8a4dc)\nDuring importing, the code automatically starts a Telegram bot designed to download and save files locally upon a specific message in the channel. While this seems to have limited harm, this behavior is not disclosed and involved packages have typosquatting-like names. The core code is in the \"platforms\" package\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-02-old-platforms\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - other\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n\n - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"platforms"},"versions":["1.0.0","1.0.1","2.0.0","3.0.0","4.0.0","5.0.0","6.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/platforms"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-02-old-platforms/platforms","import_time":"2026-02-14T13:21:48.786935171Z","modified_time":"2026-02-14T12:29:36.983101Z","sha256":"152f27ebcd7a8c662ffcbfe69086e0a50e71f73993bc7d97ce3bb67896c8a4dc","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0","1.0.1","2.0.0","3.0.0","4.0.0","5.0.0","6.0.0"]}]}}