{"id":"MAL-2023-8767","summary":"Malicious code in newpackagetest2027 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (7c1e4acddbaeafd87b1cce82ddc1025a3e5abd4c285a2fd2e7fcff07d37d500e)\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 (4cf97b6a86a63b80cb4c4b4fb5bb854a634ccfc3ec3368054ad703e8abe12f64)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'newpackagetest2027' @ 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":"2025-12-12T20:42:56.759927Z","published":"2023-12-25T20:50:40Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2023-12-29T10:34:32.842509477Z","versions":["1.0.0"],"modified_time":"2023-12-25T20:50:40Z","sha256":"4cf97b6a86a63b80cb4c4b4fb5bb854a634ccfc3ec3368054ad703e8abe12f64","source":"ossf-package-analysis"},{"import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.242791106Z","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2027","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","sha256":"45ad7c064146e623ed47dabc0496cc9664ce9e1186759adcdc87f977ef9a4bd8","source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.430695553Z","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2027","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","sha256":"7c1e4acddbaeafd87b1cce82ddc1025a3e5abd4c285a2fd2e7fcff07d37d500e","source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.547812097Z","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2027","versions":["1.0.0"],"modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","sha256":"31fa45f3317b16d4efa4678801fd1aca16e85f7b2fe30ca06b29325aa25dcbda","source":"kam193"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/newpackagetest2027"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"newpackagetest2027","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/newpackagetest2027"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/newpackagetest2027/MAL-2023-8767.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"}]}