{"id":"MAL-2026-2521","summary":"Malicious code in gc-grocery-api (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c6b836daf5ca49f42a298b7400842dda9e2b648326ba12651c7e968459ca12c5)\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":"2026-04-09T13:46:46.521424Z","published":"2026-04-09T13:29:38Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["99.0.0"],"sha256":"c6b836daf5ca49f42a298b7400842dda9e2b648326ba12651c7e968459ca12c5","import_time":"2026-04-09T13:38:19.208046001Z","modified_time":"2026-04-09T13:29:38.955501Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/gc-grocery-api","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/gc-grocery-api"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gc-grocery-api","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/gc-grocery-api"},"versions":["99.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/gc-grocery-api/MAL-2026-2521.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}