{"id":"MAL-2026-5820","summary":"Malicious code in node-scraper (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (52aa9bb0c23cd9126412a9477da59431309521a78dd65e807b7dd198367d0a83)\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":"2026-06-15T19:06:36.701068379Z","published":"2026-06-15T17:39:42Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"52aa9bb0c23cd9126412a9477da59431309521a78dd65e807b7dd198367d0a83","import_time":"2026-06-15T18:54:58.967156327Z","versions":["2.2160.0"],"modified_time":"2026-06-15T17:39:49.207615Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/node-scraper","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/node-scraper"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"node-scraper","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/node-scraper"},"versions":["2.2160.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/node-scraper/MAL-2026-5820.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}