{"id":"MAL-2026-2686","summary":"Malicious code in neverinstallme (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b5a369ecd7616b1dcdbeeca091c3b5bb9df2096c863fe89e9b45154708d5453a)\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":"2026-04-15T13:48:38.657354Z","published":"2026-04-15T13:10:53Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/neverinstallme","import_time":"2026-04-15T13:38:28.090728464Z","modified_time":"2026-04-15T13:10:53.333845Z","sha256":"b5a369ecd7616b1dcdbeeca091c3b5bb9df2096c863fe89e9b45154708d5453a","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.3","0.1.4","0.1.5","0.1.6","0.1.7"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/neverinstallme"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"neverinstallme","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/neverinstallme"},"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.3","0.1.4","0.1.5","0.1.6","0.1.7"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/neverinstallme/MAL-2026-2686.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"}]}