{"id":"MAL-2026-17863","title":"Malicious code in crelic-bqwheel-52f66a3f1d (PyPI)","summary":"Malicious code in crelic-bqwheel-52f66a3f1d (PyPI)","severity":"critical","exploited":true,"vendor":"crelic-bqwheel-52f66a3f1d","product":"crelic-bqwheel-52f66a3f1d","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["crelic-bqwheel-52f66a3f1d"],"published":"2026-10-13","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T23:45:04.848544232Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17863","references":[{"url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/crelic-bqwheel-52f66a3f1d"}],"tags":["osv","pip","malware"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T11:47:08.220Z","slug":"MAL-2026-17863","body":"## Overview\n\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (0ca34d571eaf519847a961f7da1f203d35f7a3c011f5fd4df3744f50a0615d2e)\nPackage attempts to collect environment variables from a specific environment, self-identified as BigQuery user-defined functions research. The final exfiltration of collected data seems to require the control of the execution environment, supporting the research/pentest claims.\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: 2026-10-crelic-bqwheel-52f66a3f1d\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - abuses-pth\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\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## Affected packages\n\n- `crelic-bqwheel-52f66a3f1d`\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":[]}