stripe-utils

{"modified":"2026-05-20T06:28:06Z","published":"2026-05-20T01:40:32Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-4180","summary":"Malicious code in stripe-utils (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (2134a01cead67cd3508d0ca8a14acbfd272181c65faed08b8491a1b2e7885ddc)\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 (b4670310584320e88c63bc8b3f248b3ee73a562d8829da6b4651241cf8162b6a)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'stripe-utils' @ 99.4.0 (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":"stripe-utils"},"versions":["99.4.0","2.0.0","3.0.0","4.0.0","99.0.0","99.1.0","99.2.0","99.5.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/stripe-utils"}],"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":"b4670310584320e88c63bc8b3f248b3ee73a562d8829da6b4651241cf8162b6a","import_time":"2026-05-20T01:48:04.085703224Z","modified_time":"2026-05-20T01:40:32Z","versions":["99.4.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"2134a01cead67cd3508d0ca8a14acbfd272181c65faed08b8491a1b2e7885ddc","import_time":"2026-05-20T06:26:20.483488003Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/stripe-utils","modified_time":"2026-05-20T05:51:50.667607Z","versions":["2.0.0","3.0.0","4.0.0","99.0.0","99.1.0","99.2.0","99.4.0","99.5.0"]}]}}