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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'
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## Overview


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## Source: kam193 (73ea760146181d2911e0823c121502506892b2e63d3fc20d6281fb2c86e03de8)
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.


## Affected packages

- `google-cloud-datacatalog-lineage-producer-client`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.