krbutils

{"modified":"2026-02-19T22:47:48Z","published":"2026-02-12T08:00:39Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-863","summary":"Malicious code in krbutils (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (ef5a16574ecd987f57925735cdbeb06062b47dc13fda6c1f30a68e9aba9571ad)\nPackage is a typosquatting or dependency confusion attempt with a low-harm local-only action, like leaving a flag file.\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-local-typosquatting\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (c0f412fad7f706349e43d478e81c92945192f9e812e50d5dcdac93f50fb809ef)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'krbutils' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"krbutils"},"versions":["1.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/krbutils"}],"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":"ef5a16574ecd987f57925735cdbeb06062b47dc13fda6c1f30a68e9aba9571ad","import_time":"2026-02-12T09:22:04.90524087Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-local-typosquatting/krbutils","modified_time":"2026-02-12T08:40:10.977608Z","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"c0f412fad7f706349e43d478e81c92945192f9e812e50d5dcdac93f50fb809ef","import_time":"2026-02-19T22:45:34.636554047Z","modified_time":"2026-02-12T08:00:39Z","versions":["1.0.0"]}]}}