{"id":"MAL-2025-1976","summary":"Malicious code in googleapis-googleapis-grpc-python (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (0173c52d763cfc2d6f3c0222ad82887aa50ee181e8cfe807aa700d34cc54fb45)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:53:30.136057Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["1.9.3"],"id":"RLMA-2025-01217","import_time":"2025-03-03T15:07:15.200954259Z","modified_time":"2025-03-03T13:44:55Z","sha256":"e33d08e7a3db19084900806cc885ae1b134d93beb8f1686dd86a237c383ec980","source":"reversing-labs"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/googleapis-googleapis-grpc-python","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.070335804Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"dd7b59b3a0a0558453dfc8a0c2fbe51dfa57ef80f6466d06b86ea77486d2383b","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/googleapis-googleapis-grpc-python","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.260195551Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"0173c52d763cfc2d6f3c0222ad82887aa50ee181e8cfe807aa700d34cc54fb45","source":"kam193"},{"source":"kam193","versions":["1.9.3"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/googleapis-googleapis-grpc-python","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.401770475Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"437fc060336b54c207ceca942fe31ad7abd6d0fa565d2bb45bf7c9a9a2a1fa0d"},{"source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00360","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:48.944943507Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:14:19Z","sha256":"cd64a809cce548d7ab1304a4254ce287c846651359fb05712c970005b57cb0c1"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/googleapis-googleapis-grpc-python"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"googleapis-googleapis-grpc-python","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/googleapis-googleapis-grpc-python"},"versions":["1.9.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/googleapis-googleapis-grpc-python/MAL-2025-1976.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}