{"id":"MAL-2026-16219","title":"Malicious code in licloud (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in licloud (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"licloud","product":"licloud","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["licloud"],"published":"2026-09-16","updated":"2026-09-17","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-17T14:30:05.405699848Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16219","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/licloud"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/licloud/0.2.8/"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/licloud/0.2.7a0/"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-16T16:19:56.954Z","slug":"MAL-2026-16219","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (380753d9b58e068e84b5bd87242ad31e4b833cdcc056021925aa2dcc91633b46)\nsetup.py unconditionally collects the installer's OS name, username, and hostname and POSTs them to a hardcoded plain-HTTP bare-IP endpoint (http://182.92.143.23/collect.php) before invoking setup(). The beacon fires on `pip install` without user consent and is unrelated to the package's stated purpose (an 'LLM gateway SDK'). The destination is a bare IP over cleartext HTTP, not a documented publisher endpoint, and the payload identifies the installer host (os, user, host) with a package tag for follow-on targeting.\n\n## Source: kam193 (5e2bddcfca980297be9856fbbc3eeab78253c51efe034bd92b9e8b52ed9aacc6)\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- `licloud`\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":[]}