MAL-2026-7023 Malicious code in dbzy-tools (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-7023 is a malicious package: dbzy-tools (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-7023/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-7023/index.md)
- Package
- dbzy-tools
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2026-7023?
MAL-2026-7023 is a malicious package in dbzy-tools, published on 8 Jul 2026.
Official description
The package advertises itself as a network debugging tool but its CLI and modules compose a remote-access toolkit. The
dbzy-tools console entry calls core.start(config_url) which fetches JSON from a caller-supplied URL via urllib, base64-decodes the payload field, and passes it to exec() with no integrity check — arbitrary Python code from an arbitrary URL runs in the invoking user's context. server.py implements a paramiko-based SSH server that binds 0.0.0.0:2222, accepts hardcoded default credentials root/password, and spawns /bin/bash -i as an interactive pty for each authenticated session; paramiko is auto-installed via pip install at first import. frpc.py downloads an frpc reverse-proxy binary from a caller-supplied URL via curl, chmods it 0755, writes a config that tunnels a local port to an operator-chosen remote frps server, and launches it — providing a NAT-piercing path back to the SSH shell. The combination of remote-payload exec, listening SSH-to-bash bridge with default creds, and outbound reverse tunnel is a complete backdoor/RAT toolkit packaged under a benign cover.What should I do about MAL-2026-7023?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.