platformsPyPI
Advisory published Updated
platforms is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-901) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 2.0.0…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in platforms (PyPI)
What this malware does
During 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
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-02-old-platforms
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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other
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typosquatting
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The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for platforms (7 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
platforms is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If platforms was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
Frequently asked questions
Campaign
References
Credits
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter
Detect & block this
O3 blocks platforms-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.