{"id":"MAL-2023-8768","summary":"Malicious code in newpackagetest2028 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3f8a309179fb8daa3b3ff1d8a250fe566f5d138ab913e435928491185de07f1c)\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 (4e92d513cfce2f0d7957442fa2ebddb1118f04dd175a20a1a9344cb4e4fbc906)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'newpackagetest2028' @ 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":"2025-12-12T20:42:58.075354Z","published":"2023-12-25T20:50:36Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2023-12-29T10:34:32.739011859Z","modified_time":"2023-12-25T20:50:36Z","sha256":"4e92d513cfce2f0d7957442fa2ebddb1118f04dd175a20a1a9344cb4e4fbc906","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2028","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.243508767Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"8dc73d20adbecbb10a92452ff68fde5df003c63e6040e09e5274a3ac1648cc17"},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2028","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.431807211Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"3f8a309179fb8daa3b3ff1d8a250fe566f5d138ab913e435928491185de07f1c"},{"id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/newpackagetest2028","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.548949439Z","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","sha256":"c7a5a80503ec03427384a738ae5a903c80f25d9acd00ea54e0fe9d248cac5508","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/newpackagetest2028"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"newpackagetest2028","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/newpackagetest2028"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/newpackagetest2028/MAL-2023-8768.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"}]}