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Malicious MAL-2026-875

displaydoc

PyPI package · versions 1.0.0

Reported Feb 13, 2026 · Updated Feb 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 (c4ab5c0ca76295a578d62119bf6932953098ec9ecd0bb7f21b397da85b08d5b8)
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 (0a92fb7d81045a82240752c9122482082867f85a64640d5d56fd4f9a685f1425)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'displaydoc' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

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