{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "researchpoc"
      },
      "versions": [
        "99.99.9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    }
  ],
  "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"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "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",
  "id": "MAL-2026-504",
  "modified": "2026-01-25T10:54:30Z",
  "published": "2026-01-25T10:54:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/researchpoc"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in researchpoc (PyPI)"
}