---
id: "MAL-2026-18045"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-18045"]
title: "Malicious code in asurion (PyPI)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "asurion", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 99.0.0", "ecosystem": "pypi"}]
ecosystems: ["pypi"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-19T21:22:38+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T20:52:00+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:05:48+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18045", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T20:52:00+00:00"}]
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# Malicious code in asurion (PyPI)

## Affected

- pypi:asurion affected = 99.0.0 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T20:52:00+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18045

## From the sources

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## Source: amazon-inspector (393ccbeed4c71a6a21a3a697f0809845dddec09ddc8884662f40e2b2257a28a9)
setup.py executes at `pip install` time and POSTs a JSON payload containing the full `os.environ` dictionary along with hostname, username, current working directory, and platform details to the hardcoded endpoint https://webhook.site/b2967b0a-1b24-4670-8ae1-e09e3cf272c4 via urllib.request. Environment variables on developer and CI hosts routinely contain credential-grade secrets (AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, GITHUB_TOKEN, NPM_TOKEN, database passwords, cloud session tokens), so this install-time beacon is a bulk credential-sweep. The package name, implausibly high version number, and single webhook.site exfil destination are consistent with a dependency-confusion canary/exfil payload targeting an internal `asurion` namespace.

## Source: kam193 (05820dd77e1f73d1a01797af6f10c6fa4ae22038be3fcd6a8cbd8c117cf6436c)
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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