MAL-2026-2546

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    MAL-2026-2546

    Published: 11 Apr 2026Last Modified: 11 Apr 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in hex2pcap (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (e634909fd8dcb36401b0272dad2f87486457c32c1283145dfb76d402fff41c2c) 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 (c0d18defef6e68b34f8e4c5be91159f059d0d2bc13b1eb7737eab6e6fe790575) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'hex2pcap' @ 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/hex2pcap

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hex2pcap

    Purl: pkg:pypi/hex2pcap

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    99.0.0
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