MAL-2026-2117

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/tui-ascii-art/MAL-2026-2117.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2117
Published
2026-03-20T15:31:34Z
Modified
2026-03-23T15:02:00.198843Z
Summary
Malicious code in tui-ascii-art (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (4358458e150317ab394c6dd2d0137a8c395a32bae309cc1bfd829f123dab1393)

These packages are used as build dependencies of malicious packages in newer waves of the campaign 2026-02-urllib-slim. They are used to split the malicious action between dependencies and are not malicious alone, but are used together to: exfiltrate information through DNS, collect information about the processes and covering tracks by installing packages from local private repositories.

Package nspack additionally notifies upon importing a domain known for malicious activity with the package and hostname.

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

Campaign: 2026-03-geekennedy

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 malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "domains": [
            "1r.vc",
            "gcloudns.net"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2026-03-geekennedy/tui-ascii-art",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-20T15:31:34.907475Z",
            "sha256": "4358458e150317ab394c6dd2d0137a8c395a32bae309cc1bfd829f123dab1393",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-03-23T14:52:56.137554894Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / tui-ascii-art

Package

Name
tui-ascii-art
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Purl
pkg:pypi/tui-ascii-art

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/tui-ascii-art/MAL-2026-2117.json"