{"id":"MAL-2026-16298","summary":"Malicious code in urc (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (abbaafd909f0cd09835c29c401432a9aa6094c2007973ba23e70f3fe06b07785)\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":"2026-09-19T06:30:03.032583162Z","published":"2026-09-19T05:59:49Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-09-19T06:00:13.206656Z","sha256":"abbaafd909f0cd09835c29c401432a9aa6094c2007973ba23e70f3fe06b07785","source":"kam193","versions":["99.99.99"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/urc","import_time":"2026-09-19T06:27:37.267924556Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/urc"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"urc","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/urc"},"versions":["99.99.99"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/urc/MAL-2026-16298.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}