asurion

{"schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-18045","published":"2026-10-19T21:22:38Z","modified":"2026-10-20T18:28:11.227519078Z","summary":"Malicious code in asurion (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (393ccbeed4c71a6a21a3a697f0809845dddec09ddc8884662f40e2b2257a28a9)\nsetup.py executes at `pip install` time and POSTs a JSON payload containing the full `os.environ` dictionary along with hostname, username, current working directory, and platform details to the hardcoded endpoint https://webhook.site/b2967b0a-1b24-4670-8ae1-e09e3cf272c4 via urllib.request. Environment variables on developer and CI hosts routinely contain credential-grade secrets (AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, GITHUB_TOKEN, NPM_TOKEN, database passwords, cloud session tokens), so this install-time beacon is a bulk credential-sweep. The package name, implausibly high version number, and single webhook.site exfil destination are consistent with a dependency-confusion canary/exfil payload targeting an internal `asurion` namespace.\n\n## Source: kam193 (05820dd77e1f73d1a01797af6f10c6fa4ae22038be3fcd6a8cbd8c117cf6436c)\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","affected":[{"package":{"name":"asurion","ecosystem":"PyPI"},"versions":["99.0.0"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"setup.py","sha256":"c3fd06c3766cd445d9409fc90204912137a1e390d64aa740d4de51a5185c1cb5","tlsh":"6a11c0c1d6209ca3b19b72e188a5291c6372ea079d42ec5c7e4c42980fee57982b07e8"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"asurion-99.0.0-py3-none-any.whl","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"a26308556eac26997a5d27a0f187d7ee4a74d10c6bc5ef2307d8e92de373c8af","md5":"3ccad08bc50dac3e10c397955de53758","sha256":"c7312e9225ef0c84f4c60fd9f1c0f3dd18ac82fae582ceae450d0e270b1608fd"}},{"filename":"asurion-99.0.0.tar.gz","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"6482f38d1e59bd9bf1e1409d82d95a95df1336445ef83c804a50a156696eb7a7","md5":"2ac17166c37d91bc1ff1256635b3402c","sha256":"db1b0210d3f7bffc8db1533f5e43d3932bc206885057964c128ba4788f8ee181"}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/asurion"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/asurion/99.0.0/"}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/asurion","import_time":"2026-10-19T22:17:24.247892321Z","modified_time":"2026-10-19T21:22:38.121912Z","sha256":"05820dd77e1f73d1a01797af6f10c6fa4ae22038be3fcd6a8cbd8c117cf6436c","source":"kam193","versions":["99.0.0"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-021532","import_time":"2026-10-20T18:22:19.614374787Z","modified_time":"2026-10-20T18:16:49Z","sha256":"393ccbeed4c71a6a21a3a697f0809845dddec09ddc8884662f40e2b2257a28a9","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["99.0.0"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}