MAL-2026-14522

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/syntaxerror-package-12345/MAL-2026-14522.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14522
Published
2026-08-26T04:16:50Z
Modified
2026-08-26T05:00:10.512007470Z
Summary
Malicious code in syntaxerror-package-12345 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (ede434cf61641064a49939821778e511c3fcf8afab7e443582b8b103e13171d9)

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": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/syntaxerror-package-12345",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-26T04:18:46.149039Z",
            "import_time": "2026-08-26T04:49:11.201770635Z",
            "sha256": "ede434cf61641064a49939821778e511c3fcf8afab7e443582b8b103e13171d9"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / syntaxerror-package-12345

Package

Name
syntaxerror-package-12345
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Purl
pkg:pypi/syntaxerror-package-12345

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/syntaxerror-package-12345/MAL-2026-14522.json"