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id: "MAL-2026-18296"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-18296"]
title: "Malicious code in zagents-message-bus (PyPI)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "zagents-message-bus", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 1.0.5; = 1.0.10; = 99.99.99; = 99.99.100", "ecosystem": "pypi"}]
ecosystems: ["pypi"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-25T19:14:56+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T20:52:02+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:05:48+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18296", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T20:52:02+00:00"}]
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# Malicious code in zagents-message-bus (PyPI)

## Affected

- pypi:zagents-message-bus affected = 1.0.5; = 1.0.10; = 99.99.99; = 99.99.100 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T20:52:02+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18296

## From the sources

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## Source: kam193 (0d1891d5d76adad51e120baa41752f0cc878b243eb400e7a12aba1616d31d1f7)
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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