MAL-2026-874

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/google-search-result/MAL-2026-874.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-874
Published
2026-02-12T23:27:54Z
Modified
2026-02-13T01:03:27.461500Z
Summary
Malicious code in google-search-result (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (7ada4db6050e81933dbf7a82d659e0793c79b0b8f771b3175b5ef4668563238a)

Generic campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.

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

Source: ossf-package-analysis (2532d867a44422c3a065c3ba13d63ca9fd446915c2c49aee0877aba997c0a450)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'google-search-result' @ 2.4.3 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-02-12T23:43:23.593303514Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-02-12T23:27:54Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "sha256": "2532d867a44422c3a065c3ba13d63ca9fd446915c2c49aee0877aba997c0a450",
            "versions": [
                "2.4.3"
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-02-13T00:37:00.243377192Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-02-12T23:35:33.50405Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "sha256": "7ada4db6050e81933dbf7a82d659e0793c79b0b8f771b3175b5ef4668563238a",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/google-search-result",
            "versions": [
                "2.4.3"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / google-search-result

Package

Name
google-search-result
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Purl
pkg:pypi/google-search-result

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.4.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/google-search-result/MAL-2026-874.json"