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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "fairness-bias"
      },
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis",
        "https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
      ],
      "name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      {
        "import_time": "2026-03-25T05:08:01.309908366Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-03-25T05:05:53Z",
        "sha256": "335b61ea467900506b7c9ab231d39902730c0c23c3b48c9292fd137ddd5d107c",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
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      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/fairness-bias",
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        "modified_time": "2026-03-25T05:07:03.893401Z",
        "sha256": "c76439565a70fd014098388baf5dd9a679f90be992102ba689fc0b7d6d3db352",
        "source": "kam193",
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    ]
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  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c76439565a70fd014098388baf5dd9a679f90be992102ba689fc0b7d6d3db352)\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 \u0026 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 (335b61ea467900506b7c9ab231d39902730c0c23c3b48c9292fd137ddd5d107c)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027fairness-bias\u0027 @ 99.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-2170",
  "modified": "2026-03-25T05:54:06Z",
  "published": "2026-03-25T05:05:53Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/fairness-bias"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in fairness-bias (PyPI)"
}