MAL-2026-4753

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/gt-tester-exp-profiler-exp-00000017/MAL-2026-4753.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-4753
Published
2026-05-22T08:57:49Z
Modified
2026-05-26T06:03:10.642359627Z
Summary
Malicious code in gt-tester-exp-profiler-exp-00000017 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (f1490f970bd52c80c89f33029f9e875f1fb595014621d50e0ce87a167d1cd348)

setup.py installs a site-wide.pth file (gttesterexpprofilerexp00000017probe.pth) into site-packages that imports the package's probe module and calls run_probe() at every Python interpreter startup. probe.py performs a plaintext HTTP GET to the bare IP 104.236.116.157 with a per-call random hex tag, fingerprinting the installer's machine to a third party on every Python invocation — not just when the package is explicitly imported. The User-Agent string claims an 'Academic research study' but no consent is obtained at install or runtime. Package metadata is a generic placeholder with no author, homepage, or publisher identification, and the destination is a bare IP not associated with any declared publisher. The.pth mechanism converts what would be an import-time call into persistent host beaconing across every CI job, virtualenv activation, and script execution on the machine.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-05-22T08:57:49Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "f1490f970bd52c80c89f33029f9e875f1fb595014621d50e0ce87a167d1cd348",
            "import_time": "2026-05-26T05:52:05.002493938Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-004175"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / gt-tester-exp-profiler-exp-00000017

Package

Name
gt-tester-exp-profiler-exp-00000017
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Purl
pkg:pypi/gt-tester-exp-profiler-exp-00000017

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

indicators 
{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "hashes": {
                "md5": "69ae2b5c388858dc053e0b45cb95d8f3",
                "sha256": "79648ff4e0f6c6bb288a0cc583365f057a15891b9753024711a5ad80ad914048",
                "blake2b_256": "1362b73d90d05567c378d61b86b707fda87959ade67b46fd5be864d5e7855e1b"
            },
            "filename": "gt_tester_exp_profiler_exp_00000017-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl"
        },
        {
            "hashes": {
                "md5": "fe8f210ac4634809c9fa20957a597c5f",
                "sha256": "f0599e072de08b1f730a2e4c2b6dcd244db1faa218c5122639ce082f2dd0b4d8",
                "blake2b_256": "4ea2ddbccd866092c5f67cf7f0e28a4f85ce3ce7a63f055234434405d76874ac"
            },
            "filename": "gt_tester_exp_profiler_exp_00000017-1.0.0.tar.gz"
        }
    ],
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "tlsh": "8301d0d7e8132063d347c8bea781d9117bab79d7a9ca5570b8ce16340fc1934c071453",
            "sha256": "aaa072a2ff382a2b6b2f6f78238cca5adf7df834728f9f1ca8e62d8696c1cfb0",
            "path": "gt_tester_exp_profiler_exp_00000017/probe.py"
        },
        {
            "tlsh": "c0f02b0ec15ba0a5fe66db345da368115be5f9430ee8c650b0ff091057ab1a24446887",
            "sha256": "e841740885ed0b6a30409e2b101dc9a1a1fcf5d0b9de8b2109c69ef43a306022",
            "path": "setup.py"
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/gt-tester-exp-profiler-exp-00000017/MAL-2026-4753.json"