{"id":"MAL-2026-1275","summary":"Malicious code in hostlists-plugins-default (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (21b72625bb74661ae95d3317fe4384105bb6dd6d026b049f84a192aeeeeae9df)\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":"2026-03-06T18:01:25.116986Z","published":"2026-03-06T17:01:42Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/hostlists-plugins-default","import_time":"2026-03-06T17:46:37.56162617Z","modified_time":"2026-03-06T17:01:59.789531Z","sha256":"21b72625bb74661ae95d3317fe4384105bb6dd6d026b049f84a192aeeeeae9df","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.0","1.0.0"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hostlists-plugins-default"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"hostlists-plugins-default","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/hostlists-plugins-default"},"versions":["0.0.0","1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/hostlists-plugins-default/MAL-2026-1275.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}