mal-2026-2117
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: kam193 (4358458e150317ab394c6dd2d0137a8c395a32bae309cc1bfd829f123dab1393)
These packages are used as build dependencies of malicious packages in newer waves of the campaign 2026-02-urllib-slim. They are used to split the malicious action between dependencies and are not malicious alone, but are used together to: exfiltrate information through DNS, collect information about the processes and covering tracks by installing packages from local private repositories.
Package nspack additionally notifies upon importing a domain known for malicious activity with the package and hostname.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-03-geekennedy
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
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The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "tui-ascii-art"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.1"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
"type": "ANALYST"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"domains": [
"1r.vc",
"gcloudns.net"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/2026-03-geekennedy/tui-ascii-art",
"import_time": "2026-03-23T14:52:56.137554894Z",
"modified_time": "2026-03-20T15:31:34.907475Z",
"sha256": "4358458e150317ab394c6dd2d0137a8c395a32bae309cc1bfd829f123dab1393",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (4358458e150317ab394c6dd2d0137a8c395a32bae309cc1bfd829f123dab1393)\nThese packages are used as build dependencies of malicious packages in newer waves of the campaign 2026-02-urllib-slim. They are used to split the malicious action between dependencies and are not malicious alone, but are used together to: exfiltrate information through DNS, collect information about the processes and covering tracks by installing packages from local private repositories.\n\nPackage nspack additionally notifies upon importing a domain known for malicious activity with the package and hostname.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-03-geekennedy\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 malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-2117",
"modified": "2026-03-20T15:31:34Z",
"published": "2026-03-20T15:31:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tui-ascii-art"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in tui-ascii-art (PyPI)"
}
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.