{"id":"MAL-2026-1986","summary":"Malicious code in cloud-datasets (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (7cbbef34e9c8a9e6db79ffb59dde86dafe9734166f201aae8a5d1837ac262fc0)\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":"2026-03-20T11:31:55.346294Z","published":"2026-03-20T10:30:27Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-03-20T10:30:27.555985Z","import_time":"2026-03-20T11:14:51.081267874Z","source":"kam193","versions":["9.9.9"],"sha256":"7cbbef34e9c8a9e6db79ffb59dde86dafe9734166f201aae8a5d1837ac262fc0","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cloud-datasets"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cloud-datasets"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cloud-datasets","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/cloud-datasets"},"versions":["9.9.9"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/cloud-datasets/MAL-2026-1986.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}