{"id":"MAL-2026-18296","summary":"Malicious code in zagents-message-bus (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (0d1891d5d76adad51e120baa41752f0cc878b243eb400e7a12aba1616d31d1f7)\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":"2026-10-25T19:45:02.907391096Z","published":"2026-10-25T19:14:56Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-10-25T19:14:56.263119Z","sha256":"0d1891d5d76adad51e120baa41752f0cc878b243eb400e7a12aba1616d31d1f7","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.5","1.0.10","99.99.99","99.99.100"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/zagents-message-bus","import_time":"2026-10-25T19:38:12.038885406Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/zagents-message-bus"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"zagents-message-bus","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/zagents-message-bus"},"versions":["1.0.5","1.0.10","99.99.99","99.99.100"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/zagents-message-bus/MAL-2026-18296.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}