MAL-2026-2239

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    MAL-2026-2239

    Published: 26 Mar 2026Last Modified: 27 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in chaostoolkit-turbulence (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (0d12e5d6a53ae410fe90d76b8da4f9f117a8891e73a678c5b5f49059ad31fa6b) 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 (9432668576241707b7141a9abaaa9b0b418800e660f3d33821a321762758bce5) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'chaostoolkit-turbulence' @ 0.2.1 (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/chaostoolkit-turbulence

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chaostoolkit-turbulence

    Purl: pkg:pypi/chaostoolkit-turbulence

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.2.1
    MAL-2026-2239 | CVE-DB