{"id":"MAL-2024-11649","summary":"Malicious code in optimux (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b2737cac48f109d99f0b6b2ea3f5bbab193dd15390bf35808162bd8a6abfa163)\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":"2026-03-19T12:37:02.038333Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2024-11105","import_time":"2024-12-09T14:38:46.514967473Z","modified_time":"2024-12-09T06:50:43Z","sha256":"114d3daf0116838ac3f7cb6226b9a614d566ef6b2cdb79edc7778b9ee923eaf0","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"sha256":"26fa0d105b8fea3ab3553ad6976c66e9186f4ad1e72270eadb4274525f66bf74","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/optimux","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.276628419Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}]},{"import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.463684262Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"b2737cac48f109d99f0b6b2ea3f5bbab193dd15390bf35808162bd8a6abfa163","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/optimux"},{"source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/optimux","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.57752163Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"e4946b724ebee0d3710788df6110c10c5b973af67ea4f08bfabbef435aa77074"},{"modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:16:39Z","sha256":"a5e8e8d05466005e52d72e4297ea55ae60a2d59eebf1cef560ce0abf755cc249","source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00570","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:09.739510129Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/optimux"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"optimux","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/optimux"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/optimux/MAL-2024-11649.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"}]}