MAL-2026-4180

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    MAL-2026-4180

    Published: 20 May 2026Last Modified: 20 May 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in stripe-utils (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (2134a01cead67cd3508d0ca8a14acbfd272181c65faed08b8491a1b2e7885ddc) 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 (b4670310584320e88c63bc8b3f248b3ee73a562d8829da6b4651241cf8162b6a) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'stripe-utils' @ 99.4.0 (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/stripe-utils

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: stripe-utils

    Purl: pkg:pypi/stripe-utils

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    99.4.0
    MAL-2026-4180 | CVE-DB