{"id":"MAL-2026-1044","summary":"Malicious code in awareness-demo-pkg (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (73d2724a4dc0c9e8d1439a29324b142a46c456e7d078ba90127777a59bf906d8)\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":"2026-02-26T10:32:36.363638Z","published":"2026-02-26T10:11:33Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2026-02-26T10:11:33.592793Z","versions":["0.1"],"import_time":"2026-02-26T10:21:05.030663701Z","sha256":"73d2724a4dc0c9e8d1439a29324b142a46c456e7d078ba90127777a59bf906d8","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/awareness-demo-pkg"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/awareness-demo-pkg"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"awareness-demo-pkg","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/awareness-demo-pkg"},"versions":["0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/awareness-demo-pkg/MAL-2026-1044.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}