{"id":"MAL-2026-2317","summary":"Malicious code in pygithub-async-utils (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3c20bbcf01f681691e2c58279ff8311b11abc35424e16ed9adc942cf82cca2ba)\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":"2026-04-01T06:50:34.754093Z","published":"2026-04-01T05:58:39Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2026-04-01T05:58:40.048056Z","import_time":"2026-04-01T06:41:41.203371666Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pygithub-async-utils","versions":["0.0.1"],"sha256":"3c20bbcf01f681691e2c58279ff8311b11abc35424e16ed9adc942cf82cca2ba"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pygithub-async-utils"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pygithub-async-utils","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/pygithub-async-utils"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pygithub-async-utils/MAL-2026-2317.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}