{"id":"MAL-2024-12236","summary":"Malicious code in cittronn (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (dfa8d2dd5fa7ca684cd31b55440d9eb21ff2197a6a774c36b07fe88f804554d6)\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":"2026-01-14T11:14:26.810335Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"859e10aae35c888d78c8dd8ae1d8a9bc8f7e1e5c83608aaededfb3931eec9ddf","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.945301973Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z"},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.135171116Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"dfa8d2dd5fa7ca684cd31b55440d9eb21ff2197a6a774c36b07fe88f804554d6"},{"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.272379179Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"31dbb318d93b1d1c879be4f71d7ad2c106505248e2ed4cf20a76b750cb39ef99","source":"kam193","versions":["3"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn"},{"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"d2ab856578bf05c48f306e1fdbdcc3b9b6ec817f95939dde804901d9bea94935","source":"kam193","versions":["3"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn","import_time":"2026-01-14T11:08:23.87720968Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cittronn"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cittronn","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/cittronn"},"versions":["3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/cittronn/MAL-2024-12236.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":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}