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id: MAL-2026-18326
title: Malicious code in changes-lxc-wrapper (PyPI)
summary: Malicious code in changes-lxc-wrapper (PyPI)
severity: critical
exploited: true
vendor: changes-lxc-wrapper
product: changes-lxc-wrapper
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - changes-lxc-wrapper
published: '2026-10-26'
updated: '2026-10-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-29T14:30:33.736588392Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18326'
references:
  - url: 'https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/changes-lxc-wrapper'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/changes-lxc-wrapper/0.1.0/'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/changes-lxc-wrapper/0.0.0/'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - malware
ingestedAt: '2026-10-26T12:01:30.296Z'
---

## Overview


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## Source: amazon-inspector (23181d1a705554588eb6fb03e8cee4af7e0c815e74d8b40d7bd13a39944ccae9)
The distribution `changes-lxc-wrapper` ships a trivial package whose top-level import name is `ca_certificates`, creating a mismatch between the distribution name and the import namespace it occupies. The shipped `__init__.py` only defines a `__version__` constant and an `info()` function returning a placeholder string. There are no install or build hooks, no top-level import-time side effects, no subprocess or network activity, and no credential or filesystem access. Package metadata is placeholder (`Your Name` / `you@example.com`). No installer-side harmful behavior is present in the shipped code; the only concern is namespace shadowing on the common `ca_certificates` import name.

## Source: kam193 (6db4cc796d2ddd54fcbb0a46270cff980f711a93a5fff30675499291d9bc41f8)
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

- `changes-lxc-wrapper`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.