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MAL-2026-17194

Malicious code in metrics-sdk (PyPI)

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## Source: kam193 (1378dcfc94bda0e9beb3e3d66c0588967a164741686ab473826fbab077e7afb9) 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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Affected packages

PyPI/metrics-sdk

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