MAL-2026-18296

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/zagents-message-bus/MAL-2026-18296.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-18296
Published
2026-10-25T19:14:56Z
Modified
2026-10-25T19:45:02Z
Summary
Malicious code in zagents-message-bus (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (0d1891d5d76adad51e120baa41752f0cc878b243eb400e7a12aba1616d31d1f7)

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/zagents-message-bus",
            "import_time":  "2026-10-25T19:38:12.038885406Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-10-25T19:14:56.263119Z",
            "sha256":  "0d1891d5d76adad51e120baa41752f0cc878b243eb400e7a12aba1616d31d1f7",
            "source":  "kam193",
            "versions":  [
                "1.0.5",
                "1.0.10",
                "99.99.99",
                "99.99.100"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / zagents-message-bus

Package

Name
zagents-message-bus
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Purl
pkg:pypi/zagents-message-bus

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.5
1.0.10
99.*
99.99.99
99.99.100

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/zagents-message-bus/MAL-2026-18296.json"