{"id":"MAL-2026-3341","summary":"Malicious code in runtime-probe (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (0253bd4b8dc52c1fc510a9355b9d4178b7e891c7fc0226537a8769dffcef6d89)\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":"2026-05-05T15:48:45.779983Z","published":"2026-05-05T15:20:52Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["0.3.0"],"sha256":"0253bd4b8dc52c1fc510a9355b9d4178b7e891c7fc0226537a8769dffcef6d89","import_time":"2026-05-05T15:41:14.341463907Z","modified_time":"2026-05-05T15:20:52.572673Z","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/runtime-probe"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/runtime-probe"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"runtime-probe","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/runtime-probe"},"versions":["0.3.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/runtime-probe/MAL-2026-3341.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}