MAL-2026-2240

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    MAL-2026-2240

    Published: 26 Mar 2026Last Modified: 27 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in magtape (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (6f476b63043b398a38eb28706575478aab4fb04820ce16d7836e726df21a1a93) 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 (2e742ed739f9400f4529d07a6c69bbae48760e12991d549e3a6d2b14a48d8083) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'magtape' @ 0.3.0 (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/magtape

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: magtape

    Purl: pkg:pypi/magtape

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.3.0