MAL-2026-6961

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/waymo-waymax/MAL-2026-6961.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-6961
Published
2026-07-08T04:08:07Z
Modified
2026-07-08T19:07:42.985783474Z
Summary
Malicious code in waymo-waymax (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (1ae76b937a20a588a9b5514b837bb86bd087aceb428216f0abbe8ff16e9da426)

Package claims to perform dependency confusion PoC and exfiltrates multiple data, including full sensitive environment variables

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • exfiltration-generic

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • typosquatting

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-07-08T06:02:27.067272106Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "sha256": "1ae76b937a20a588a9b5514b837bb86bd087aceb428216f0abbe8ff16e9da426",
            "versions": [
                "99.0.0"
            ],
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/waymo-waymax",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-08T04:08:07.363351Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / waymo-waymax

Package

Name
waymo-waymax
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Purl
pkg:pypi/waymo-waymax

Affected ranges

Affected versions

99.*
99.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/waymo-waymax/MAL-2026-6961.json"