{"id":"MAL-2025-191625","summary":"Malicious code in faker-py123123thon (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (fab9d41bcbc9a1625b625705433588c2bc1d08ca71e57783cc29b74bc76ddeba)\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":"2026-03-19T12:53:01.856721Z","published":"2025-11-03T06:22:12Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2025-05593","import_time":"2025-12-02T09:09:36.480744181Z","modified_time":"2025-12-01T12:54:16Z","sha256":"91b4d3f4abf598b219027cd59a3a543942517e437c5067cade4d0dda91ba0ce6","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["999.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","versions":["999.0.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/faker-py123123thon","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.025290678Z","modified_time":"2025-11-03T06:22:12.140071Z","sha256":"b0ee72045e4466e859b48306aac87effa1034fb74dc3a3d3d11cc7275fa9275d"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/faker-py123123thon","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.223869618Z","modified_time":"2025-11-03T06:22:12.140071Z","sha256":"fab9d41bcbc9a1625b625705433588c2bc1d08ca71e57783cc29b74bc76ddeba","source":"kam193","versions":["999.0.0"]},{"sha256":"a8149d0dab135babf457bb32a02ff39a7a8b7dca797aaf0af3a7e46c19cdb0b2","source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00312","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:44.512603112Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:13:43Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/faker-py123123thon"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"faker-py123123thon","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/faker-py123123thon"},"versions":["999.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/faker-py123123thon/MAL-2025-191625.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"}]}