---
id: "MAL-2026-16219"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-16219"]
title: "Malicious code in licloud (PyPI)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "licloud", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 0.2.7a0; = 0.2.8", "ecosystem": "pypi"}]
ecosystems: ["pypi"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-09-16T06:54:28+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T20:51:57+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:10:31+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16219", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T20:51:57+00:00"}]
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# Malicious code in licloud (PyPI)

## Affected

- pypi:licloud affected = 0.2.7a0; = 0.2.8 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T20:51:57+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16219

## From the sources

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## Source: amazon-inspector (380753d9b58e068e84b5bd87242ad31e4b833cdcc056021925aa2dcc91633b46)
setup.py unconditionally collects the installer's OS name, username, and hostname and POSTs them to a hardcoded plain-HTTP bare-IP endpoint (http://182.92.143.23/collect.php) before invoking setup(). The beacon fires on `pip install` without user consent and is unrelated to the package's stated purpose (an 'LLM gateway SDK'). The destination is a bare IP over cleartext HTTP, not a documented publisher endpoint, and the payload identifies the installer host (os, user, host) with a package tag for follow-on targeting.

## Source: kam193 (5e2bddcfca980297be9856fbbc3eeab78253c51efe034bd92b9e8b52ed9aacc6)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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Category: 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.


Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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