MAL-2026-874

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    MAL-2026-874

    Published: 12 Feb 2026Last Modified: 13 Feb 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in google-search-result (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (7ada4db6050e81933dbf7a82d659e0793c79b0b8f771b3175b5ef4668563238a) Generic campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side. 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 Source: ossf-package-analysis (2532d867a44422c3a065c3ba13d63ca9fd446915c2c49aee0877aba997c0a450) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'google-search-result' @ 2.4.3 (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/google-search-result

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: google-search-result

    Purl: pkg:pypi/google-search-result

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.4.3
    MAL-2026-874 | CVE-DB