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Malicious MAL-2026-248

dify-api

PyPI package · versions 2.0.0

Reported Jan 13, 2026 · Updated Jan 13, 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 (a40038bb1837e98127f2e267d1932d1eeb641c93e855c50af9aa25002e28c76b)
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 (ee611ef320a188caabae79f97fae3f9cea337c16665e15d68f4deb38a2b22868)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'dify-api' @ 2.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.