{"id":"MAL-2026-3342","summary":"Malicious code in runtime-readout (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (db23da97c424ee374983aaaa3b955d423abe32f91c024f372142dc234ae522d3)\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":"2026-05-05T15:48:41.221723Z","published":"2026-05-05T15:14:31Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/runtime-readout","sha256":"db23da97c424ee374983aaaa3b955d423abe32f91c024f372142dc234ae522d3","modified_time":"2026-05-05T15:14:31.58374Z","import_time":"2026-05-05T15:41:14.346846724Z","versions":["0.3.0"],"source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/runtime-readout"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"runtime-readout","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/runtime-readout"},"versions":["0.3.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/runtime-readout/MAL-2026-3342.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}