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MAL-2026-11422

Malicious code in asdk-plugin-alphagen (PyPI)

Details

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## Source: kam193 (d3479f5a67e780468835828895609215d82aa5a273dfc152e4bae5a12f21a245) 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.

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (f6374657adeacc8c32b7973bed105f6733f6cb8da7c9ec7c62eba4804c5fa0d1) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'asdk-plugin-alphagen' @ 9999.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Affected packages

PyPI / asdk-plugin-alphagen

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