Vulnerability MAL-2026-17180

Unknown
UNKNOWN RISK
Vulnerabilities without an assigned CVSS score. Severity is not determinable from available data.
3 days ago
September 25, 2026 at 12:08 AM UTC
Malicious code in my-private-pkg (PyPI)
0.1.1 and 99.1.1 and 99.11.2
0.1.1 and 99.1.1 and 99.11.2

Summary

Malicious code in my-private-pkg (PyPI)

Details

Version 99.1.1 of my-private-pkg executes a custom setuptools install hook while a wheel is built. The hook launches my_private_pkg/index.py, which collects the current username, working directory, hostname, resolved local IP address, operating system, and machine architecture, then attempts to POST the resulting JSON to a hard-coded Webhook.site request collector. Dynamic analysis observed the wheel build spawn this script followed immediately by network activity. The package's public metadata describes it only as a private Python package and does not disclose the collection or transmission.

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.

Impacted packages

Timeline

Published
3 days ago
September 25, 2026 at 12:08 AM UTC
Last Modified
2 days ago
September 25, 2026 at 02:30 PM UTC