{"id":"MAL-2026-3087","summary":"Malicious code in bytedark (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b1b29d53129e34fa2f09eacd9218f1bf87711e4a88587ee9c5f4453cfb6974ac)\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":"2026-04-27T06:20:35.381857Z","published":"2026-04-27T05:22:23Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2026-04-27T05:22:23.233121Z","versions":["99.9.9"],"sha256":"b1b29d53129e34fa2f09eacd9218f1bf87711e4a88587ee9c5f4453cfb6974ac","import_time":"2026-04-27T06:03:59.039980176Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/bytedark"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/bytedark"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bytedark","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/bytedark"},"versions":["99.9.9"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/bytedark/MAL-2026-3087.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"}]}