{"id":"MAL-2026-2179","summary":"Malicious code in python-glue (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (df7fb99f81d8afd1a93e643a95ebb6d2a873e73b15ae8c6fada22746ccf7037f)\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":"2026-03-25T06:06:27.114970Z","published":"2026-03-25T05:04:37Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","versions":["99.0.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/python-glue","import_time":"2026-03-25T05:52:35.053433287Z","modified_time":"2026-03-25T05:04:37.591501Z","sha256":"df7fb99f81d8afd1a93e643a95ebb6d2a873e73b15ae8c6fada22746ccf7037f"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-glue"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-glue","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/python-glue"},"versions":["99.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/python-glue/MAL-2026-2179.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}