{"id":"MAL-2026-2241","summary":"Malicious code in pacbot (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (77976a83e69cb239c03d7d5f13eefeaa61eaae708c066a584609d8b7d8a932bd)\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 (45b14ac31ccfbdde7ee7d00b07480b4ce6b01402e7e0b2e9f43c476ce83c73a3)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'pacbot' @ 1.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","modified":"2026-03-27T00:03:18.260364Z","published":"2026-03-26T16:21:00Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pacbot","import_time":"2026-03-26T17:28:00.84874737Z","modified_time":"2026-03-26T16:50:47.3663Z","sha256":"77976a83e69cb239c03d7d5f13eefeaa61eaae708c066a584609d8b7d8a932bd","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.1"]},{"import_time":"2026-03-26T23:44:59.67842918Z","modified_time":"2026-03-26T16:21:00Z","sha256":"45b14ac31ccfbdde7ee7d00b07480b4ce6b01402e7e0b2e9f43c476ce83c73a3","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["1.0.1"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pacbot"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pacbot","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/pacbot"},"versions":["1.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pacbot/MAL-2026-2241.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"}]}