MAL-2026-5822

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/scriptworker-client/MAL-2026-5822.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-5822
Published
2026-06-15T17:36:19Z
Modified
2026-06-15T19:06:36.683051992Z
Summary
Malicious code in scriptworker-client (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (b8cdfb6bd0db2d192ccd67b0ebb8023dee7343620b9a48c95cc58b5e1ee536f0)

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.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-15T17:36:44.098619Z",
            "versions": [
                "2.2160.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "b8cdfb6bd0db2d192ccd67b0ebb8023dee7343620b9a48c95cc58b5e1ee536f0",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/scriptworker-client",
            "import_time": "2026-06-15T18:54:58.967776622Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / scriptworker-client

Package

Name
scriptworker-client
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Purl
pkg:pypi/scriptworker-client

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.2160.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/scriptworker-client/MAL-2026-5822.json"