{"id":"MAL-2026-2186","summary":"Malicious code in vision-service-python-client (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (faa725015cfe04b49bbcf9f472d21a77993c7ca9692ad2b0912e9bd3d2554669)\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":"2026-03-25T07:34:16.773620Z","published":"2026-03-25T06:56:22Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/vision-service-python-client","import_time":"2026-03-25T07:27:13.654445494Z","modified_time":"2026-03-25T06:56:22.910344Z","sha256":"faa725015cfe04b49bbcf9f472d21a77993c7ca9692ad2b0912e9bd3d2554669","source":"kam193","versions":["0.3.61"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/vision-service-python-client"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vision-service-python-client","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/vision-service-python-client"},"versions":["0.3.61"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/vision-service-python-client/MAL-2026-2186.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}