horde-python-client

{"modified":"2026-07-08T17:03:30Z","published":"2026-07-02T21:23:53Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-6734","summary":"Malicious code in horde-python-client (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (f2ae9afcd7af22c82b137c1142ae643502d82f3d1f28712b2e5c7ec412bea85e)\nhorde-python-client 99999.0.0 is a dependency-confusion lure. On `import horde_python_client`, a daemon thread unconditionally POSTs a JSON payload containing the host's hostname, the USER/USERNAME environment variable, and the current working directory to http://109.123.247.172/pypi over plain HTTP. The destination is a bare IP unrelated to any legitimate package publisher. The package ships with placeholder metadata (description \"Internal package\", author \"Security Research\") and an absurdly high version number (99999.0.0) — the canonical shape for overriding a target organization's private package of the same name in resolver precedence. Installer harm: any developer or build system that resolves this package and imports it leaks host identifiers to the attacker, confirming a successful dependency-confusion hit and enabling follow-on targeting.\n\n## Source: kam193 (ad72fe1fdc56e7fb5716a906fb8481bfe1e477d2f97c649d5db853a79130628a)\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":"horde-python-client"},"versions":["99999.0.0"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"horde_python_client/__init__.py","sha256":"2f180a296cc8490ee65619e18d1c62e85895ad4151ea927389c0e18f9364decf","tlsh":"6e01acc6e8345882628b724888254a782237b4576f02b8b0bd4c9f7c0fdc46952786f8"},{"path":"setup.py","sha256":"cadb4d65a9b7ec5edadb1a7352b50f09b3ef3a32115b72f8bc7252d69a72a3a6","tlsh":"65d097524e4292b058c0c99e48e138021a28aa373e20b0e8f38003803f8e4db8f332a9"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"horde_python_client-99999.0.0.tar.gz","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"589c2b73bf17cc40ca0d837bbc6c8feeace5f61931e479bd673812cfd6732c01","md5":"a6f2c3b63758f3301b161bc75e71e02c","sha256":"c64fc3df904e530585083fd1d0ae3fef410b515b0335d10c1885cd0e75576990"}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/horde-python-client"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/horde-python-client/99999.0.0/"}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","sha256":"ad72fe1fdc56e7fb5716a906fb8481bfe1e477d2f97c649d5db853a79130628a","import_time":"2026-07-02T21:29:02.667033146Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/horde-python-client","modified_time":"2026-07-02T21:23:53.578472Z","versions":["99999.0.0"]},{"source":"amazon-inspector","sha256":"f2ae9afcd7af22c82b137c1142ae643502d82f3d1f28712b2e5c7ec412bea85e","import_time":"2026-07-08T17:01:32.704709685Z","id":"IN-MAL-2026-008127","modified_time":"2026-07-08T16:28:39Z","versions":["99999.0.0"]}]}}