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id: MAL-2026-5518
title: Malicious code in hello-dynamic (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in hello-dynamic (PyPI)
severity: none
vendor: hello-dynamic
product: hello-dynamic
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - hello-dynamic
published: '2026-06-10'
updated: '2026-07-08'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-5518'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hello-dynamic'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/hello-dynamic/0.1.0/'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/hello-dynamic/0.1.2/'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
ingestedAt: '2026-07-09T11:56:19.428Z'
---

## Overview


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## Source: amazon-inspector (d1532f25a13ed2c77496e590acadc24df4fa7d063e707c53687143a7457e2d2e)
hello-dynamic 0.1.2 is a near-empty package whose __init__.py only defines a hello() function printing 'Hello!'. Its setup.cfg declares a dependency_links entry pointing at a webhook.site UUID endpoint (https://webhook.site/56557fe9-5bcf-4f26-bed7-38f772525011/pypi/aliga-raison). webhook.site is a generic HTTP-callback inspector commonly used to receive beacon traffic. Modern pip ignores dependency_links, so installer harm is minimal in practice, but the artifact's shape — trivial code, no real functionality, install metadata pointing at a request-inspector endpoint named after a PyPI package — is consistent with a reconnaissance probe testing which installers still process dependency_links. No exfiltration, RCE, credential read, or persistence mechanism is present in the package code.

## Source: kam193 (168dd7abca8ed812dcfb0119eaf80a2b05b186ee37a1e0c8f98e88f884a90602)
Package attempts to test exploitation via legacy dependency_links configuration


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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

- `hello-dynamic`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.