{"id":"MAL-2026-2283","summary":"Malicious code in interwebz (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (02fa95914b7edc63771b97f48f4e05119f87309224b5e9b5aa990ab6dda8acc2)\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":"2026-03-29T11:04:10.852725Z","published":"2026-03-29T10:06:44Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-03-29T10:46:50.919877038Z","versions":["99.1.0"],"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/interwebz","modified_time":"2026-03-29T10:06:44.765628Z","sha256":"02fa95914b7edc63771b97f48f4e05119f87309224b5e9b5aa990ab6dda8acc2"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/interwebz"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"interwebz","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/interwebz"},"versions":["99.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/interwebz/MAL-2026-2283.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}