MAL-2026-2686

    Dashboard / Malicious Package / MAL-2026-2686

    MAL-2026-2686

    Published: 15 Apr 2026Last Modified: 15 Apr 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in neverinstallme (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (b5a369ecd7616b1dcdbeeca091c3b5bb9df2096c863fe89e9b45154708d5453a) 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/neverinstallme

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: neverinstallme

    Purl: pkg:pypi/neverinstallme

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0
    0.1.1
    0.1.3
    0.1.4
    0.1.5
    0.1.6
    0.1.7