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Malicious MAL-2026-2239

chaostoolkit-turbulence

PyPI package · versions 0.2.1

Reported Mar 26, 2026 · Updated Mar 27, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: kam193 (0d12e5d6a53ae410fe90d76b8da4f9f117a8891e73a678c5b5f49059ad31fa6b)
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 (9432668576241707b7141a9abaaa9b0b418800e660f3d33821a321762758bce5)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'chaostoolkit-turbulence' @ 0.2.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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