MAL-2026-1294

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    MAL-2026-1294

    Published: 9 Mar 2026Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in causal-canvas (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (ecab11884e9f4226d493a759dd7039ee4669a904d1834041fb73c81502fe4f27) Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose. Category: 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. Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. Source: ossf-package-analysis (29d40dc740a5e270e319661e2e5c80d03b4bc01a7a306e930f82ace29699520e) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'causal-canvas' @ 99.0.0 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/causal-canvas

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: causal-canvas

    Purl: pkg:pypi/causal-canvas

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    99.0.0
    MAL-2026-1294 | CVE-DB