MAL-2026-2172

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    MAL-2026-2172

    Published: 25 Mar 2026Last Modified: 25 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in v2-8-3 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (b90faec9a57b74163b9282007ed27f9602abf0d5307115928eb4ca75d98f8c72) 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 (a5bcbbb399881868ef150d98fcb4eba283776efa3de4ad60103ba3e17ce19ed8) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'v2-8-3' @ 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/v2-8-3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: v2-8-3

    Purl: pkg:pypi/v2-8-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    99.0.0