mal-2026-444
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2026-01-21 19:31
Modified
2026-01-21 19:31
Summary
Malicious code in terminalbrush (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (35e06fb41f9c1a4f082cf49a72dec89fc5b4d2f6580b97e527d291d50807b801)

Package downloads an executable, places it distinguished as a Python binary and starts it. At the time of analysis, the URL was no longer active, so it was not possible to confirm the exact behaviour.


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

Campaign: 2026-01-old-terminalbrush

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.
Credits

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "terminalbrush"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.1",
        "0.2.4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "urls": [
        "https://free-proxies.cloud/download"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/2026-01-old-terminalbrush/terminalbrush",
        "import_time": "2026-01-21T20:11:54.240415641Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-01-21T19:31:32.049047Z",
        "sha256": "35e06fb41f9c1a4f082cf49a72dec89fc5b4d2f6580b97e527d291d50807b801",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1",
          "0.2.4"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (35e06fb41f9c1a4f082cf49a72dec89fc5b4d2f6580b97e527d291d50807b801)\nPackage downloads an executable, places it distinguished as a Python binary and starts it. At the time of analysis, the URL was no longer active, so it was not possible to confirm the exact behaviour.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-01-old-terminalbrush\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-444",
  "modified": "2026-01-21T19:31:32Z",
  "published": "2026-01-21T19:31:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/terminalbrush"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in terminalbrush (PyPI)"
}


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