Vulnerability MAL-2026-17703
Summary
Malicious code in kafka-roller (PyPI)
Details
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):
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The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (4b68fa52500e16cab90e8038ae96e2ba1be6c448a8caa40ab3e46dc6d3c26436)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'kafka-roller' @ 99.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.