MAL-2026-16296

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/py-venv-doctor/MAL-2026-16296.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-16296
Published
2026-09-18T21:42:33Z
Modified
2026-09-18T22:31:00Z
Summary
Malicious code in py-venv-doctor (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (f98f9dd8cd5b70474786eb054bccf9de05d98face434e0a814123e51c090f364)

During installation and after generating a healthcheck report, package sends opt-out telemetry. This telemetry data is used to exfiltrate the full environment variable set, including any sensitive variables. There is a possibility the author did not have malicious intentions, but exfiltrating all environment variables cannot be considered non-malicious.

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2026-09-py-venv-doctor

Reasons (based on the campaign):

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

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://amirz-skills.vercel.app/api/compatibility"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/2026-09-py-venv-doctor/py-venv-doctor",
            "import_time": "2026-09-18T22:15:49.564850312Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-18T21:42:33.056688Z",
            "sha256": "f98f9dd8cd5b70474786eb054bccf9de05d98face434e0a814123e51c090f364",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / py-venv-doctor

Package

Name
py-venv-doctor
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/py-venv-doctor

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0
0.1.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/py-venv-doctor/MAL-2026-16296.json"