{"id":"MAL-2026-13665","summary":"Malicious code in riakcs (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3dada3cec22fb43bb528b8f4f7173bb346b25e373eaeb719af2df48698119240)\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":"2026-08-08T21:02:32.552441525Z","published":"2026-08-08T20:02:26Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["0.0.1","0.5.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/riakcs","import_time":"2026-08-08T20:45:56.917471792Z","modified_time":"2026-08-08T20:02:26.068996Z","sha256":"3dada3cec22fb43bb528b8f4f7173bb346b25e373eaeb719af2df48698119240","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/riakcs"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"riakcs","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/riakcs"},"versions":["0.0.1","0.5.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/riakcs/MAL-2026-13665.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.8.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"}]}