researchpoc

{"modified":"2026-01-25T10:54:30Z","published":"2026-01-25T10:54:30Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-504","summary":"Malicious code in researchpoc (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (20a5e6f7ec432b0c41646f696c530fb5e46e034477a23d448de1ac3f18172bec)\nPackage mentions being a research PoC, probably for dependency confusion, but the code is obfuscated making verification of the claim impossible.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - typosquatting\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"researchpoc"},"versions":["99.99.9"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/researchpoc"}],"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-questionable-pentest/researchpoc","import_time":"2026-01-25T11:06:27.079470997Z","modified_time":"2026-01-25T10:54:30.709646Z","sha256":"20a5e6f7ec432b0c41646f696c530fb5e46e034477a23d448de1ac3f18172bec","source":"kam193","versions":["99.99.9"]}]}}