Malicious code in guan (PyPI)
The top-level src/guan/__init__.py unconditionally calls statistics_of_guan_package() on every import guan. That function (in src/guan/others.py) opens a raw TCP socket to the hardcoded author-controlled endpoint socket.guanjihuan.com:12345 and sends a JSON payload containing the installer's MAC address (via uuid.getnode()), the guan package version, and timestamp. There is no opt-out, no documentation of this behavior in README/PKG-INFO, and no user consent. This constitutes silent collection of a stable hardware identifier from every machine that imports the package and transmits it to an author-controlled server — an installer-side data exfiltration pattern, not merely author-side self-harm. While the payload is narrow (MAC + version + time), MAC addresses are persistent hardware identifiers suitable for tracking, correlation, and deanonymization of developer/build machines.
MAL-2026-3692 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 12 May 2026 and last revised on 13 May 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
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Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| guan | — | — |
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