{"id":"MAL-2026-505","summary":"Malicious code in flask-hookserver (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (4d5afd1538994efa55632d3ed6d7c9fa419fb26c542b641a3efbd7b35501ea58)\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":"2026-01-25T11:47:57.186707Z","published":"2026-01-25T11:13:11Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-01-25T11:36:17.029924645Z","sha256":"4d5afd1538994efa55632d3ed6d7c9fa419fb26c542b641a3efbd7b35501ea58","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/flask-hookserver","versions":["999.0.0","999.0.1"],"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2026-01-25T11:25:04.711665Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/flask-hookserver"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"flask-hookserver","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/flask-hookserver"},"versions":["999.0.0","999.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/flask-hookserver/MAL-2026-505.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}