{"id":"MAL-2024-9935","summary":"Malicious code in adafruit-imageload (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e0e8ec25dd99d8d025b6caf7867a8f047bf68ee2cea72415e42435d9e000d212)\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":"2026-03-19T12:49:46.822979Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"bb2a9ed11e04125aab7f5b6ddbc04cba46dec7bcbdb23a5e2cf37f640f69134b","import_time":"2024-10-24T00:56:52.908943261Z","modified_time":"2024-10-16T13:49:00Z","versions":["1.0.0"],"source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLMA-2024-07774"},{"sha256":"6ae718caac657e34fb6acda33ad070b4fb7708a7f2d3da92ec8faf1521c48dd0","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.81136361Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/adafruit-imageload"},{"sha256":"e0e8ec25dd99d8d025b6caf7867a8f047bf68ee2cea72415e42435d9e000d212","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.997539647Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/adafruit-imageload"},{"sha256":"d367944b121c15a500b9eefe8dea3072067b3cf4e36508302bbf6a23487dc3b5","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.145731614Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["1.0.0"],"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/adafruit-imageload"},{"sha256":"fe7ccc2ee35595c97177cb90e4dc9f361b5693353fb53e5cb904debeb9d40fa8","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:19.980460069Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:10:43Z","source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00036"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/adafruit-imageload"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"adafruit-imageload","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/adafruit-imageload"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/adafruit-imageload/MAL-2024-9935.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"}]}