{"id":"MAL-2024-11631","summary":"Malicious code in matplotlibp (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (6001b34babb94c9717d7cadd9cb86b4d5acb72b787b404c1adc5b4b33d17b8c1)\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":"2026-03-19T12:54:32.074171Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"d39203d1fdfffeffe34caa8af5cbd04d097671e28ebb0dc2f80309b060ec48ad","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.3"],"id":"RLMA-2024-11086","import_time":"2024-12-09T14:38:45.499195139Z","modified_time":"2024-12-09T06:50:35Z"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/matplotlibp","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.201650002Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"5de3a99a41542a5ed4adbda6e705beeddcc396f24e8a89ea23f89e6be219cf58","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/matplotlibp","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.383428004Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"6001b34babb94c9717d7cadd9cb86b4d5acb72b787b404c1adc5b4b33d17b8c1","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/matplotlibp","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.509720773Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"138d7043cd48f695d12076fb0cc34796426a8d9b24ba140fc364ab2b91d8406d","source":"kam193","versions":["0.3"]},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00500","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:02.366477437Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:15:54Z","sha256":"a6abe418c52a6db235968b5eb1713c7c0ad4f9ccbeaefdf5a4b6e78bbd19c47a","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/matplotlibp"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"matplotlibp","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/matplotlibp"},"versions":["0.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/matplotlibp/MAL-2024-11631.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"}]}