{"id":"MAL-2026-979","summary":"Malicious code in home-robot (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (f5296b22d674fc768fb08662c83b8de3fd07455f6fc2d4f7b433319551cb808e)\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":"2026-02-22T05:20:31.955176Z","published":"2026-02-22T04:48:51Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-02-22T04:48:51.654256Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/home-robot","source":"kam193","import_time":"2026-02-22T05:04:21.743847254Z","versions":["0.0.0","1.0.0"],"sha256":"f5296b22d674fc768fb08662c83b8de3fd07455f6fc2d4f7b433319551cb808e"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/home-robot"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"home-robot","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/home-robot"},"versions":["0.0.0","1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/home-robot/MAL-2026-979.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}