{"id":"MAL-2026-2239","summary":"Malicious code in chaostoolkit-turbulence (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (0d12e5d6a53ae410fe90d76b8da4f9f117a8891e73a678c5b5f49059ad31fa6b)\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 (9432668576241707b7141a9abaaa9b0b418800e660f3d33821a321762758bce5)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'chaostoolkit-turbulence' @ 0.2.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","modified":"2026-03-27T00:03:20.189282Z","published":"2026-03-26T16:32:17Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-03-26T16:44:04.902875Z","sha256":"0d12e5d6a53ae410fe90d76b8da4f9f117a8891e73a678c5b5f49059ad31fa6b","source":"kam193","versions":["0.2.1"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/chaostoolkit-turbulence","import_time":"2026-03-26T17:28:00.844348049Z"},{"sha256":"9432668576241707b7141a9abaaa9b0b418800e660f3d33821a321762758bce5","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["0.2.1"],"import_time":"2026-03-26T23:44:59.813026326Z","modified_time":"2026-03-26T16:32:17Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/chaostoolkit-turbulence"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"chaostoolkit-turbulence","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/chaostoolkit-turbulence"},"versions":["0.2.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/chaostoolkit-turbulence/MAL-2026-2239.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"}]}