{"id":"MAL-2024-12279","title":"Malicious code in google-cloud-datacatalog-lineage-producer-client (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in google-cloud-datacatalog-lineage-producer-client (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"google-cloud-datacatalog-lineage-producer-client","product":"google-cloud-datacatalog-lineage-producer-client","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["google-cloud-datacatalog-lineage-producer-client"],"published":"2024-07-26","updated":"2026-09-21","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-21T04:45:04.923279479Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2024-12279","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/google-cloud-datacatalog-lineage-producer-client"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-18T16:21:29.476Z","slug":"MAL-2024-12279","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (73ea760146181d2911e0823c121502506892b2e63d3fc20d6281fb2c86e03de8)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: 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.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `google-cloud-datacatalog-lineage-producer-client`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":70,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":52.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":18,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}