MAL-2026-2172

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/v2-8-3/MAL-2026-2172.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2172
Published
2026-03-25T05:05:45Z
Modified
2026-03-25T06:05:03.602182Z
Summary
Malicious code in v2-8-3 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (b90faec9a57b74163b9282007ed27f9602abf0d5307115928eb4ca75d98f8c72)

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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (a5bcbbb399881868ef150d98fcb4eba283776efa3de4ad60103ba3e17ce19ed8)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'v2-8-3' @ 99.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "99.0.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "a5bcbbb399881868ef150d98fcb4eba283776efa3de4ad60103ba3e17ce19ed8",
            "import_time": "2026-03-25T05:08:01.176338601Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-25T05:05:45Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "99.0.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "b90faec9a57b74163b9282007ed27f9602abf0d5307115928eb4ca75d98f8c72",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/v2-8-3",
            "import_time": "2026-03-25T05:52:35.056532183Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-25T05:07:01.191219Z",
            "source": "kam193"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / v2-8-3

Package

Name
v2-8-3
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Purl
pkg:pypi/v2-8-3

Affected ranges

Affected versions

99.*
99.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/v2-8-3/MAL-2026-2172.json"