MAL-2026-651

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    MAL-2026-651

    Published: 2 Feb 2026Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in cat-admin-tool (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (34286533490c9ad41743b1eea6659d9c4fd3e62d1a830658b90840f3c49a6c8c) Obfuscated code is used to hide exfiltration of basic data (hostname, etc.). 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: 2026-02-zabitmajeed00 Reasons (based on the campaign): - obfuscation - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. - dependency-confusion

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cat-admin-tool

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cat-admin-tool

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cat-admin-tool

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    9.1.0
    MAL-2026-651 | CVE-DB