MAL-2026-1277

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/prateek-yadav23/MAL-2026-1277.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-1277
Published
2026-03-06T23:22:42Z
Modified
2026-03-06T23:46:31.524864Z
Summary
Malicious code in prateek-yadav23 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (e73aa57c13235ec4d3bcf7aa6139bb5a1bdbade9d72ae81a20c291766b9ac7ab)

Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.

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-simple-tests

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-03-06T23:41:40.507861849Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/prateek-yadav23",
            "source": "kam193",
            "sha256": "e73aa57c13235ec4d3bcf7aa6139bb5a1bdbade9d72ae81a20c291766b9ac7ab",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-06T23:22:42.236631Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / prateek-yadav23

Package

Name
prateek-yadav23
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Purl
pkg:pypi/prateek-yadav23

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/prateek-yadav23/MAL-2026-1277.json"