MAL-2026-1992

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    MAL-2026-1992

    Published: 20 Mar 2026Last Modified: 20 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in perfkitbenchmarker (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (0983513b915ec02c736c073b1af861f5ff6b1e62bf2074b42a33e8d5fa16bb46) 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perfkitbenchmarker

    Purl: pkg:pypi/perfkitbenchmarker

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    9.9.9