{"id":"MAL-2023-8766","summary":"Malicious code in newpackagetest2026 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (7b2facdf5925f09b064136d0c919a80e0e83d0a13b4b6f9d903162352c586dc9)\nPackages either test the malicious behaviour, or actually download and run a simple remote script during the installation.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: 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.\n\n\nCampaign: 2023-12-valuent\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (b59246598399045032deadbe2bf6452d46257c97603eec69d11630fcd06cf2da)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'newpackagetest2026' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","modified":"2025-12-12T20:42:57.454669Z","published":"2023-12-25T20:46:03Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["1.0.0"],"sha256":"b59246598399045032deadbe2bf6452d46257c97603eec69d11630fcd06cf2da","modified_time":"2023-12-25T20:46:03Z","import_time":"2023-12-29T10:34:32.6636156Z"},{"source":"kam193","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"b2911447f242d2f2746d6745b7d608aba2fa09801fad358ccfb156ef2d877b95","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2026","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.241844056Z"},{"source":"kam193","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"7b2facdf5925f09b064136d0c919a80e0e83d0a13b4b6f9d903162352c586dc9","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2026","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.429623019Z"},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"c890f0687897904950c15e291805e895ae761d85431c4a20b30599558474f85d","versions":["1.0.0"],"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2026","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.546577436Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/newpackagetest2026"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"newpackagetest2026","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/newpackagetest2026"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/newpackagetest2026/MAL-2023-8766.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}