{"id":"MAL-2026-2172","summary":"Malicious code in v2-8-3 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b90faec9a57b74163b9282007ed27f9602abf0d5307115928eb4ca75d98f8c72)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (a5bcbbb399881868ef150d98fcb4eba283776efa3de4ad60103ba3e17ce19ed8)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'v2-8-3' @ 99.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","modified":"2026-03-25T06:05:03.602182Z","published":"2026-03-25T05:05:45Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-03-25T05:05:45Z","versions":["99.0.0"],"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"a5bcbbb399881868ef150d98fcb4eba283776efa3de4ad60103ba3e17ce19ed8","import_time":"2026-03-25T05:08:01.176338601Z"},{"modified_time":"2026-03-25T05:07:01.191219Z","versions":["99.0.0"],"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/v2-8-3","sha256":"b90faec9a57b74163b9282007ed27f9602abf0d5307115928eb4ca75d98f8c72","import_time":"2026-03-25T05:52:35.056532183Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/v2-8-3"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"v2-8-3","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/v2-8-3"},"versions":["99.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/v2-8-3/MAL-2026-2172.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}