MAL-2026-869

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    MAL-2026-869

    Published: 12 Feb 2026Last Modified: 19 Feb 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in ritch (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (bc0d5c6c0c3175de2d5def02fe422574cfee5f7fe3a88f894de7122aa9dcf588) Package is a typosquatting or dependency confusion attempt with a low-harm local-only action, like leaving a flag file. 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-local-typosquatting Reasons (based on the campaign): - dependency-confusion - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - typosquatting Source: ossf-package-analysis (53836e778fae351105bebc4ec62937db1766d236b1ab050c142e8a57d863c7ea) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'ritch' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ritch

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ritch

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    MAL-2026-869 | CVE-DB