{"id":"MAL-2026-6400","summary":"Malicious code in python-dateutil2 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (fbd1a31a38c7a6487545ce3e039371443c9ac80c7dc0ff9b22a46db6686244b2)\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":"2026-06-24T17:00:45.436990162Z","published":"2026-06-24T16:27:52Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-06-24T16:49:35.310609277Z","modified_time":"2026-06-24T16:28:33.185501Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/python-dateutil2","versions":["99.0.0"],"sha256":"fbd1a31a38c7a6487545ce3e039371443c9ac80c7dc0ff9b22a46db6686244b2","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-dateutil2"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-dateutil2","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/python-dateutil2"},"versions":["99.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/python-dateutil2/MAL-2026-6400.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}