MAL-2026-5

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    MAL-2026-5

    Published: 1 Jan 2026Last Modified: 1 Jan 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in queryservice-client (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (92aafbccc7065760e0127931c5150c59561f3b753ab9fe79dbcbdafd1aef97dc) Dependency confusion PoC that exfiltrates also potentially sensitive environment variables Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest Reasons (based on the campaign): - exfiltration-env-variables - exfiltration-generic - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - typosquatting

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/queryservice-client

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: queryservice-client

    Purl: pkg:pypi/queryservice-client

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0
    MAL-2026-5 | CVE-DB