MAL-2026-31

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/telstra/MAL-2026-31.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-31
Published
2026-01-03T16:05:50Z
Modified
2026-01-11T22:39:46.717304Z
Summary
Malicious code in telstra (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (e6ff467569b104f23ebbdc6ef58dec14795aaf14548185bd3b31886ecd9b8003)

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 (927c85adbb012ce48d49fb1db49c7746ef98eb5463f3c56bc27c8d96532ff487)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'telstra' @ 2.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-01-03T17:37:37.923899885Z",
            "versions": [
                "2.0.1"
            ],
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/telstra",
            "modified_time": "2026-01-03T16:45:45.75406Z",
            "sha256": "e6ff467569b104f23ebbdc6ef58dec14795aaf14548185bd3b31886ecd9b8003"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-01-11T22:07:13.786913514Z",
            "versions": [
                "2.0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "927c85adbb012ce48d49fb1db49c7746ef98eb5463f3c56bc27c8d96532ff487",
            "modified_time": "2026-01-03T16:05:50Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / telstra

Package

Name
telstra
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/telstra

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/telstra/MAL-2026-31.json"