MAL-2026-1044

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/awareness-demo-pkg/MAL-2026-1044.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-1044
Published
2026-02-26T10:11:33Z
Modified
2026-02-26T10:32:36.363638Z
Summary
Malicious code in awareness-demo-pkg (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (73d2724a4dc0c9e8d1439a29324b142a46c456e7d078ba90127777a59bf906d8)

Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.

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-standard-pypi-install-pentest

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/awareness-demo-pkg",
            "modified_time": "2026-02-26T10:11:33.592793Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "sha256": "73d2724a4dc0c9e8d1439a29324b142a46c456e7d078ba90127777a59bf906d8",
            "import_time": "2026-02-26T10:21:05.030663701Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / awareness-demo-pkg

Package

Name
awareness-demo-pkg
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Purl
pkg:pypi/awareness-demo-pkg

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/awareness-demo-pkg/MAL-2026-1044.json"