MAL-2026-16219

See a problem?
Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/licloud/MAL-2026-16219.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-16219
Published
2026-09-16T06:54:28Z
Modified
2026-09-17T14:30:05Z
Summary
Malicious code in licloud (PyPI)
Details

-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-

Source: amazon-inspector (380753d9b58e068e84b5bd87242ad31e4b833cdcc056021925aa2dcc91633b46)

setup.py unconditionally collects the installer's OS name, username, and hostname and POSTs them to a hardcoded plain-HTTP bare-IP endpoint (http://182.92.143.23/collect.php) before invoking setup(). The beacon fires on pip install without user consent and is unrelated to the package's stated purpose (an 'LLM gateway SDK'). The destination is a bare IP over cleartext HTTP, not a documented publisher endpoint, and the payload identifies the installer host (os, user, host) with a package tag for follow-on targeting.

Source: kam193 (5e2bddcfca980297be9856fbbc3eeab78253c51efe034bd92b9e8b52ed9aacc6)

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/licloud",
            "import_time": "2026-09-16T07:21:58.256765101Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-16T06:54:28.264488Z",
            "sha256": "5e2bddcfca980297be9856fbbc3eeab78253c51efe034bd92b9e8b52ed9aacc6",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.2.7a0",
                "0.2.8"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-020114",
            "import_time": "2026-09-17T14:20:22.873003792Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-17T14:12:02Z",
            "sha256": "380753d9b58e068e84b5bd87242ad31e4b833cdcc056021925aa2dcc91633b46",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.2.8"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-020117",
            "import_time": "2026-09-17T14:20:22.999182684Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-17T14:12:29Z",
            "sha256": "6d54491d6771e80019937f2da76f1b1a4067e54492d4c0ef4c3a75e8719e2e5c",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.2.7a0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / licloud

Package

Name
licloud
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/licloud

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.2.7a0
0.2.8

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "setup.py",
            "sha256": "9e954bb01f6667c4cd480a02deaa6eb9ee4b97d6b93765b25abb8ad791779ee1",
            "tlsh": "34114082cb29ef92929e63f18850413c2b75920b4c12a8143f9e030d8fd632b88a6978"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "licloud-0.2.8.tar.gz",
            "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "29227c579edc7340972e3319a37d237198fef9d9514dd35461acb256a7b535cb",
                "md5": "75afbaf30737c085c604b587133d0678",
                "sha256": "ebc1708e80a9d05692650f266de20448037ef59da09dfc2fa776f103e22bddbf"
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/licloud/MAL-2026-16219.json"