{"id":"MAL-2026-16421","summary":"Malicious code in kerokwis (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (118186230c3ddb5c23ae32df8fed10655f2c64939daa9a09d5ef71f16884a4f0)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: 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.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n","modified":"2026-09-23T01:00:08.435671617Z","published":"2026-09-22T23:52:06Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"118186230c3ddb5c23ae32df8fed10655f2c64939daa9a09d5ef71f16884a4f0","source":"kam193","versions":["99"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/kerokwis","import_time":"2026-09-23T00:45:47.815245371Z","modified_time":"2026-09-22T23:52:06.629798Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/kerokwis"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kerokwis","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/kerokwis"},"versions":["99"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/kerokwis/MAL-2026-16421.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}