{"id":"MAL-2026-2304","summary":"Malicious code in spanner-client (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (659a15d63f794432104121cf729687768f76fa3dadd0b4ae9d8c9327021122af)\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":"2026-03-30T17:35:43.562175Z","published":"2026-03-30T16:07:34Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"659a15d63f794432104121cf729687768f76fa3dadd0b4ae9d8c9327021122af","import_time":"2026-03-30T16:50:12.847839371Z","versions":["9.9.9"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/spanner-client","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2026-03-30T16:07:34.569314Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/spanner-client"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"spanner-client","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/spanner-client"},"versions":["9.9.9"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/spanner-client/MAL-2026-2304.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}