{"id":"MAL-2026-2301","summary":"Malicious code in dremel (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (27df3a2ebf6e129a3e640d55b9dd03b5f21cef1694cd6ccdae97e456f098ce2c)\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":"2026-03-30T17:45:14.997801Z","published":"2026-03-30T16:06:05Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"27df3a2ebf6e129a3e640d55b9dd03b5f21cef1694cd6ccdae97e456f098ce2c","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/dremel","versions":["9.9.9"],"import_time":"2026-03-30T16:50:12.844155424Z","modified_time":"2026-03-30T16:06:05.514475Z","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/dremel"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dremel","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/dremel"},"versions":["9.9.9"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/dremel/MAL-2026-2301.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}