{"id":"MAL-2026-2514","summary":"Malicious code in gprofiler-logging (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (f9db75962c82806edd773390d37cc66b2fc0aee51a334a08ec938a011e5f8aeb)\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":"2026-04-08T13:49:48.097115Z","published":"2026-04-08T12:33:58Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/gprofiler-logging","versions":["9.9.9"],"sha256":"f9db75962c82806edd773390d37cc66b2fc0aee51a334a08ec938a011e5f8aeb","source":"kam193","import_time":"2026-04-08T13:37:04.2094393Z","modified_time":"2026-04-08T12:33:58.052055Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/gprofiler-logging"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gprofiler-logging","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/gprofiler-logging"},"versions":["9.9.9"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/gprofiler-logging/MAL-2026-2514.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}