{"id":"MAL-2026-18045","summary":"Malicious code in asurion (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (05820dd77e1f73d1a01797af6f10c6fa4ae22038be3fcd6a8cbd8c117cf6436c)\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":"2026-10-19T22:30:05.330542350Z","published":"2026-10-19T21:22:38Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"05820dd77e1f73d1a01797af6f10c6fa4ae22038be3fcd6a8cbd8c117cf6436c","source":"kam193","versions":["99.0.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/asurion","import_time":"2026-10-19T22:17:24.247892321Z","modified_time":"2026-10-19T21:22:38.121912Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/asurion"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"asurion","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/asurion"},"versions":["99.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/asurion/MAL-2026-18045.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}