MAL-2026-18133

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/journey-test-hellospy/MAL-2026-18133.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-18133
Published
2026-10-21T22:40:42Z
Modified
2026-10-21T23:30:04Z
Summary
Malicious code in journey-test-hellospy (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (418fea1fe789e9a44c77c08c9135b3da66b773882c9fb2757094c3f55b04321b)

During installation, package exfiltrates potentially sensitive environmental variables

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

Campaign: 2026-10-journey-test-helloshell

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

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

  • targetted-attack

Database specific 
{
    "iocs":  {
        "ips":  [
            "137.131.233.62"
        ],
        "urls":  [
            "http://137.131.233.62:443/shell-beacon"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "pypi/2026-10-journey-test-helloshell/journey-test-hellospy",
            "import_time":  "2026-10-21T23:15:55.88742257Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-10-21T22:40:42.770852Z",
            "sha256":  "418fea1fe789e9a44c77c08c9135b3da66b773882c9fb2757094c3f55b04321b",
            "source":  "kam193",
            "versions":  [
                "0.1.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / journey-test-hellospy

Package

Name
journey-test-hellospy
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Purl
pkg:pypi/journey-test-hellospy

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/journey-test-hellospy/MAL-2026-18133.json"