MAL-2026-446

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    MAL-2026-446

    Published: 21 Jan 2026Last Modified: 21 Jan 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in code-transfering-4 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (f49b12f95d153280889b4da45b5de3017f21159ad06622092779705ad22e855c) Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm. 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-simple-tests Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/code-transfering-4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: code-transfering-4

    Purl: pkg:pypi/code-transfering-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1
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