MAL-2026-4180

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/stripe-utils/MAL-2026-4180.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-4180
Published
2026-05-20T01:40:32Z
Modified
2026-05-20T06:30:54.814970324Z
Summary
Malicious code in stripe-utils (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (2134a01cead67cd3508d0ca8a14acbfd272181c65faed08b8491a1b2e7885ddc)

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 (b4670310584320e88c63bc8b3f248b3ee73a562d8829da6b4651241cf8162b6a)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'stripe-utils' @ 99.4.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "99.4.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "b4670310584320e88c63bc8b3f248b3ee73a562d8829da6b4651241cf8162b6a",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-20T01:40:32Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "import_time": "2026-05-20T01:48:04.085703224Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "2.0.0",
                "3.0.0",
                "4.0.0",
                "99.0.0",
                "99.1.0",
                "99.2.0",
                "99.4.0",
                "99.5.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "2134a01cead67cd3508d0ca8a14acbfd272181c65faed08b8491a1b2e7885ddc",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-20T05:51:50.667607Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2026-05-20T06:26:20.483488003Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/stripe-utils"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / stripe-utils

Package

Name
stripe-utils
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Purl
pkg:pypi/stripe-utils

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.0
3.*
3.0.0
4.*
4.0.0
99.*
99.0.0
99.1.0
99.2.0
99.4.0
99.5.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/stripe-utils/MAL-2026-4180.json"