{"id":"MAL-2024-11630","summary":"Malicious code in matlibplot (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b675638019d08df47348aa16973f4b46c50ffad23b83f5a125b19d30fd90825a)\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":"2026-03-19T12:54:37.961899Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["0.3"],"source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLMA-2024-11085","modified_time":"2024-12-09T06:50:34Z","import_time":"2024-12-09T14:38:45.46227961Z","sha256":"9f0477f858af87764b6e9c7486403bbfc93331b47027f3616f37c2390c2f74c8"},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/matlibplot","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.19957252Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"7651107d5574ccec82e018bafbcd461fc8ba9ea402bcc3cb8ce035927be9fce8"},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/matlibplot","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.381534829Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"b675638019d08df47348aa16973f4b46c50ffad23b83f5a125b19d30fd90825a"},{"versions":["0.3"],"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/matlibplot","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.507788712Z","sha256":"88aefb022ab10a434b1af4343b9b06e460653d280c7db578970f4786d5688278"},{"source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00499","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:15:53Z","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:02.230966259Z","sha256":"799dd41ef0b7f9f7a91cdd927db4ebd53813af5751b1e147aa3626be8a2db017"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/matlibplot"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"matlibplot","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/matlibplot"},"versions":["0.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/matlibplot/MAL-2024-11630.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":"ANALYST"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}