pacbot

{"modified":"2026-03-26T23:47:09Z","published":"2026-03-26T16:21:00Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-2241","summary":"Malicious code in pacbot (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (77976a83e69cb239c03d7d5f13eefeaa61eaae708c066a584609d8b7d8a932bd)\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 (45b14ac31ccfbdde7ee7d00b07480b4ce6b01402e7e0b2e9f43c476ce83c73a3)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'pacbot' @ 1.0.1 (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":"pacbot"},"versions":["1.0.1"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pacbot"}],"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":"kam193","sha256":"77976a83e69cb239c03d7d5f13eefeaa61eaae708c066a584609d8b7d8a932bd","import_time":"2026-03-26T17:28:00.84874737Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pacbot","modified_time":"2026-03-26T16:50:47.3663Z","versions":["1.0.1"]},{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"45b14ac31ccfbdde7ee7d00b07480b4ce6b01402e7e0b2e9f43c476ce83c73a3","import_time":"2026-03-26T23:44:59.67842918Z","modified_time":"2026-03-26T16:21:00Z","versions":["1.0.1"]}]}}