MAL-2026-446

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/code-transfering-4/MAL-2026-446.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-446
Published
2026-01-21T20:20:41Z
Modified
2026-01-21T21:20:16.540040Z
Summary
Malicious code in code-transfering-4 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (f49b12f95d153280889b4da45b5de3017f21159ad06622092779705ad22e855c)

Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.

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-simple-tests

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-01-21T20:20:41.365792Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/code-transfering-4",
            "import_time": "2026-01-21T21:11:28.829676824Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "f49b12f95d153280889b4da45b5de3017f21159ad06622092779705ad22e855c",
            "source": "kam193"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / code-transfering-4

Package

Name
code-transfering-4
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Purl
pkg:pypi/code-transfering-4

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*

0.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/code-transfering-4/MAL-2026-446.json"