{"id":"MAL-2026-2834","summary":"Malicious code in loadcoremwassistant (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (20499474b0d0eb5a02bdd34aba8dbd438993b87506fb7a9bd88a62a729736221)\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":"2026-04-17T08:48:50.593418Z","published":"2026-04-17T07:49:49Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-04-17T07:49:49.099614Z","sha256":"20499474b0d0eb5a02bdd34aba8dbd438993b87506fb7a9bd88a62a729736221","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/loadcoremwassistant","versions":["99.99.1","99.99.2","99.99.3","99.99.4"],"source":"kam193","import_time":"2026-04-17T08:40:36.209184975Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/loadcoremwassistant"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"loadcoremwassistant","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/loadcoremwassistant"},"versions":["99.99.1","99.99.2","99.99.3","99.99.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/loadcoremwassistant/MAL-2026-2834.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}