{"id":"MAL-2026-14552","summary":"Malicious code in mathkitlite (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c91a8962fd66464487bcdb5e2c217990cfdea55df22e7166c11703f91dfb7845)\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":"2026-08-27T10:00:09.757153173Z","published":"2026-08-27T09:17:13Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/mathkitlite","import_time":"2026-08-27T09:43:27.222006222Z","modified_time":"2026-08-27T09:18:08.709886Z","sha256":"c91a8962fd66464487bcdb5e2c217990cfdea55df22e7166c11703f91dfb7845"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mathkitlite"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mathkitlite","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/mathkitlite"},"versions":["0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/mathkitlite/MAL-2026-14552.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}