{"id":"MAL-2026-1992","summary":"Malicious code in perfkitbenchmarker (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (0983513b915ec02c736c073b1af861f5ff6b1e62bf2074b42a33e8d5fa16bb46)\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":"2026-03-20T11:31:56.632905Z","published":"2026-03-20T10:34:07Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-03-20T10:34:07.221429Z","versions":["9.9.9"],"import_time":"2026-03-20T11:14:51.085131032Z","source":"kam193","sha256":"0983513b915ec02c736c073b1af861f5ff6b1e62bf2074b42a33e8d5fa16bb46","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/perfkitbenchmarker"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/perfkitbenchmarker"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"perfkitbenchmarker","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/perfkitbenchmarker"},"versions":["9.9.9"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/perfkitbenchmarker/MAL-2026-1992.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}