transitive-req

{"modified":"2026-01-14T06:37:04Z","published":"2026-01-14T06:37:04Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-250","summary":"Malicious code in transitive-req (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d7b45680b49152176403af486a0af997c20d1eaa8179a69b8e5c3ee65a41e35a)\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":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"transitive-req"},"versions":["0.0.0","1.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/transitive-req"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/transitive-req","import_time":"2026-01-14T07:10:25.843419434Z","modified_time":"2026-01-14T06:37:04.620848Z","sha256":"d7b45680b49152176403af486a0af997c20d1eaa8179a69b8e5c3ee65a41e35a","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.0","1.0.0"]}]}}