MAL-2026-250

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    MAL-2026-250

    Published: 14 Jan 2026Last Modified: 14 Jan 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in transitive-req (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (d7b45680b49152176403af486a0af997c20d1eaa8179a69b8e5c3ee65a41e35a) 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/transitive-req

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: transitive-req

    Purl: pkg:pypi/transitive-req

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.0