{"id":"MAL-2026-31","summary":"Malicious code in telstra (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e6ff467569b104f23ebbdc6ef58dec14795aaf14548185bd3b31886ecd9b8003)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (927c85adbb012ce48d49fb1db49c7746ef98eb5463f3c56bc27c8d96532ff487)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'telstra' @ 2.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","modified":"2026-01-11T22:39:46.717304Z","published":"2026-01-03T16:05:50Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-01-03T16:45:45.75406Z","source":"kam193","import_time":"2026-01-03T17:37:37.923899885Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/telstra","versions":["2.0.1"],"sha256":"e6ff467569b104f23ebbdc6ef58dec14795aaf14548185bd3b31886ecd9b8003"},{"modified_time":"2026-01-03T16:05:50Z","source":"ossf-package-analysis","import_time":"2026-01-11T22:07:13.786913514Z","versions":["2.0.1"],"sha256":"927c85adbb012ce48d49fb1db49c7746ef98eb5463f3c56bc27c8d96532ff487"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/telstra"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"telstra","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/telstra"},"versions":["2.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/telstra/MAL-2026-31.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}