fairness-bias

{"modified":"2026-03-25T05:54:06Z","published":"2026-03-25T05:05:53Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-2170","summary":"Malicious code in fairness-bias (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c76439565a70fd014098388baf5dd9a679f90be992102ba689fc0b7d6d3db352)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (335b61ea467900506b7c9ab231d39902730c0c23c3b48c9292fd137ddd5d107c)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'fairness-bias' @ 99.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"fairness-bias"},"versions":["99.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/fairness-bias"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"335b61ea467900506b7c9ab231d39902730c0c23c3b48c9292fd137ddd5d107c","import_time":"2026-03-25T05:08:01.309908366Z","modified_time":"2026-03-25T05:05:53Z","versions":["99.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"c76439565a70fd014098388baf5dd9a679f90be992102ba689fc0b7d6d3db352","import_time":"2026-03-25T05:52:35.049677585Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/fairness-bias","modified_time":"2026-03-25T05:07:03.893401Z","versions":["99.0.0"]}]}}