MAL-2026-98

    Dashboard / Malicious Package / MAL-2026-98

    MAL-2026-98

    Published: 6 Jan 2026Last Modified: 6 Jan 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in py-publish-test-0126 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (993085ca23a6a729d332eade4d58778a42c1d19b18237ab4b3c3a6bacf9fd126) Dependency confusion demonstration package with reporting through a decorator function 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: 2025-12-sec-lab-it Reasons (based on the campaign): - dependency-confusion - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. - typosquatting

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/py-publish-test-0126

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: py-publish-test-0126

    Purl: pkg:pypi/py-publish-test-0126

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0
    MAL-2026-98 | CVE-DB