{"id":"MAL-2024-11520","summary":"Malicious code in akh-py (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (9e1af18204b91fa245349f10eea1049681afa1d91cb4dd21a81b7789a29a9333)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\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","modified":"2026-03-19T12:50:00.591842Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2024-12-09T06:49:43Z","import_time":"2024-12-09T14:38:40.443861327Z","versions":["0.0.1"],"sha256":"24785009f9ad0498777003d617f9a8100b43fa13218b8a3edb0cd9ad241d3a4c","id":"RLMA-2024-10963","source":"reversing-labs"},{"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.826909686Z","sha256":"90048da51ba492cb73a605467deeb410def2b75dc8aa0edaefc8d53efedaa696","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akh-py","source":"kam193"},{"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.006190074Z","sha256":"9e1af18204b91fa245349f10eea1049681afa1d91cb4dd21a81b7789a29a9333","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akh-py","source":"kam193"},{"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.15391697Z","versions":["0.0.1"],"sha256":"ea57d07153b70e2c422ee0f35dabb9dee8cc1d46b73dff6001b52d4073fe1ecd","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akh-py","source":"kam193"},{"modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:10:53Z","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:21.494451903Z","sha256":"d060ab57bbbdc922db9b78ede0afaeff68b8b58a910efe845cd33f18cea1ffd9","id":"RLUA-2026-00052","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/akh-py"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"akh-py","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/akh-py"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/akh-py/MAL-2024-11520.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","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":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}