{"id":"MAL-2026-5176","summary":"Malicious code in internal-tracker (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e2d5962963c8d8a956fcb154caa77b63b09419f4f58ddb23e2afbb0cb98c6c79)\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":"2026-06-03T14:45:55.731430995Z","published":"2026-06-03T13:45:24Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"e2d5962963c8d8a956fcb154caa77b63b09419f4f58ddb23e2afbb0cb98c6c79","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/internal-tracker","versions":["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.5"],"source":"kam193","import_time":"2026-06-03T14:39:15.182942058Z","modified_time":"2026-06-03T13:46:03.572069Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/internal-tracker"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"internal-tracker","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/internal-tracker"},"versions":["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.5"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/internal-tracker/MAL-2026-5176.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}