{"id":"MAL-2025-128","summary":"Malicious code in pyqubee (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (f966d9bb86511c937bd68311d8a63c9a6e06dfdd7947b56f6f43f2c75504ae7d)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (989f0ca58fc60013559b95cadc24b743ad1255ae87ea38ec31f93c0ee949424e)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'pyqubee' @ 12.1.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","modified":"2025-12-12T20:42:02.384607Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"versions":["12.1.1"],"modified_time":"2025-01-16T15:55:53Z","import_time":"2025-01-16T16:06:02.263148409Z","source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"989f0ca58fc60013559b95cadc24b743ad1255ae87ea38ec31f93c0ee949424e"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pyqubee","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.32750099Z","source":"kam193","sha256":"16a85ea1f409cc784761b991e969d6f62c5bc740f65a68a5f9ec04a6e5fa275f"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pyqubee","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.517573562Z","source":"kam193","sha256":"f966d9bb86511c937bd68311d8a63c9a6e06dfdd7947b56f6f43f2c75504ae7d"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pyqubee","versions":["11.35.1","12.1.1"],"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.628367617Z","source":"kam193","sha256":"3e9283f7f2d0986e10dfdfb86c05d0625b3b92bac1f994e8567e711326250070"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pyqubee"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pyqubee","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/pyqubee"},"versions":["12.1.1","11.35.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pyqubee/MAL-2025-128.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":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}