{"id":"MAL-2026-818","summary":"Malicious code in thecorrectjames (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (53ae167216303d3e0d2eda2b5321b60fc5bf9431e16ae0caa507123ba45661a1)\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":"2026-02-09T17:30:27.226719Z","published":"2026-02-09T16:25:34Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-02-09T16:25:50.722651Z","sha256":"53ae167216303d3e0d2eda2b5321b60fc5bf9431e16ae0caa507123ba45661a1","import_time":"2026-02-09T17:22:40.854977238Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/thecorrectjames","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/thecorrectjames"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"thecorrectjames","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/thecorrectjames"},"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/thecorrectjames/MAL-2026-818.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}