MAL-2026-504

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/researchpoc/MAL-2026-504.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-504
Published
2026-01-25T10:54:30Z
Modified
2026-01-25T11:19:23.638401Z
Summary
Malicious code in researchpoc (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (20a5e6f7ec432b0c41646f696c530fb5e46e034477a23d448de1ac3f18172bec)

Package mentions being a research PoC, probably for dependency confusion, but the code is obfuscated making verification of the claim impossible.

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

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/researchpoc",
            "import_time": "2026-01-25T11:06:27.079470997Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-01-25T10:54:30.709646Z",
            "sha256": "20a5e6f7ec432b0c41646f696c530fb5e46e034477a23d448de1ac3f18172bec",
            "versions": [
                "99.99.9"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / researchpoc

Package

Name
researchpoc
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Purl
pkg:pypi/researchpoc

Affected ranges

Affected versions

99.*
99.99.9

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/researchpoc/MAL-2026-504.json"