{"id":"MAL-2024-9941","summary":"Malicious code in appetize-cli (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (7f0791abf81cd0c979559b6938727478a6af6e21ceb08371567a9e0347b1e079)\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":"2026-03-19T12:50:24.433648Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2024-07824","versions":["1.0.0"],"modified_time":"2024-10-16T14:36:24Z","import_time":"2024-10-24T00:56:53.315083557Z","sha256":"1955b7920032f60653bef2164a9556dcb1f923d8e853608596669b6beb623e4f","source":"reversing-labs"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/appetize-cli","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.833481227Z","sha256":"6899c3dbe96796d8a0f8749ffac4fa2bf72fdffe04eecd4f2320df2b4cbffc00","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/appetize-cli","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.013364049Z","sha256":"7f0791abf81cd0c979559b6938727478a6af6e21ceb08371567a9e0347b1e079","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/appetize-cli","versions":["1.0.0"],"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.158861297Z","sha256":"289124b27a8ab9dca1be7629a4b8d295cb8610f25fca2c4fb036e314bfd5e514","source":"kam193"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00072","source":"reversing-labs","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:11:08Z","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:22.963201922Z","sha256":"6db0c0cf7109db3d65f584a744e2dad70162ac6074114d347bfd99e59d841b6a"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/appetize-cli"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"appetize-cli","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/appetize-cli"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/appetize-cli/MAL-2024-9941.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"}]}