MAL-2026-2241

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pacbot/MAL-2026-2241.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2241
Published
2026-03-26T16:21:00Z
Modified
2026-03-27T00:06:08.724514Z
Summary
Malicious code in pacbot (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (77976a83e69cb239c03d7d5f13eefeaa61eaae708c066a584609d8b7d8a932bd)

Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.

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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (45b14ac31ccfbdde7ee7d00b07480b4ce6b01402e7e0b2e9f43c476ce83c73a3)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'pacbot' @ 1.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "77976a83e69cb239c03d7d5f13eefeaa61eaae708c066a584609d8b7d8a932bd",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-26T16:50:47.3663Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pacbot",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-03-26T17:28:00.84874737Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-03-26T16:21:00Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "sha256": "45b14ac31ccfbdde7ee7d00b07480b4ce6b01402e7e0b2e9f43c476ce83c73a3",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-03-26T23:44:59.67842918Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / pacbot

Package

Name
pacbot
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Purl
pkg:pypi/pacbot

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pacbot/MAL-2026-2241.json"