MAL-2026-863

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/krbutils/MAL-2026-863.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-863
Published
2026-02-12T08:00:39Z
Modified
2026-02-19T22:58:22Z
Summary
Malicious code in krbutils (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (ef5a16574ecd987f57925735cdbeb06062b47dc13fda6c1f30a68e9aba9571ad)

Package is a typosquatting or dependency confusion attempt with a low-harm local-only action, like leaving a flag file.

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-local-typosquatting

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • dependency-confusion

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

  • typosquatting

Source: ossf-package-analysis (c0f412fad7f706349e43d478e81c92945192f9e812e50d5dcdac93f50fb809ef)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'krbutils' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-local-typosquatting/krbutils",
            "import_time": "2026-02-12T09:22:04.90524087Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-02-12T08:40:10.977608Z",
            "sha256": "ef5a16574ecd987f57925735cdbeb06062b47dc13fda6c1f30a68e9aba9571ad",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-02-19T22:45:34.636554047Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-02-12T08:00:39Z",
            "sha256": "c0f412fad7f706349e43d478e81c92945192f9e812e50d5dcdac93f50fb809ef",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / krbutils

Package

Name
krbutils
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Purl
pkg:pypi/krbutils

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/krbutils/MAL-2026-863.json"