{"id":"MAL-2026-1985","summary":"Malicious code in azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e41a629242e28270fbee568718ddef63da1e359ad5a5a1401ed85c48ef870d73)\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":"2026-03-20T11:32:00.786883Z","published":"2026-03-20T10:28:14Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-03-20T10:28:15.07797Z","versions":["9.9.9"],"sha256":"e41a629242e28270fbee568718ddef63da1e359ad5a5a1401ed85c48ef870d73","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable","source":"kam193","import_time":"2026-03-20T11:14:51.080289538Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable"},"versions":["9.9.9"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable/MAL-2026-1985.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}