{"id":"MAL-2025-191717","summary":"Malicious code in dev-server-python (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (77df2294feff074b86c685e622e69901b80eb16fdbf60eb785a026318d84788e)\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":"2026-03-19T12:52:24.395277Z","published":"2025-11-27T07:09:15Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/dev-server-python","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.9927573Z","modified_time":"2025-11-27T07:09:15.286776Z","sha256":"fbf14c237ce3bd2e89a35acd79942a0d2df56f2c6088ab680a22ab68e5ec186b","source":"kam193","versions":["99.9.9"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/dev-server-python","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.187362537Z","modified_time":"2025-11-27T07:09:15.286776Z","sha256":"77df2294feff074b86c685e622e69901b80eb16fdbf60eb785a026318d84788e","source":"kam193","versions":["99.9.9"]},{"import_time":"2025-12-24T10:07:30.393826853Z","modified_time":"2025-12-23T08:38:21Z","sha256":"512844bc74823a85f8230faf74178615c8ba17f12bb9d58877c94f9951388df7","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["99.9.9"],"id":"RLMA-2025-06560"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00262","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:39.706449557Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:13:12Z","sha256":"da577671bebe9461db9ad7685c3063fb37bd535762c004f85f2c45cb553a61ae","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/dev-server-python"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dev-server-python","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/dev-server-python"},"versions":["99.9.9"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/dev-server-python/MAL-2025-191717.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":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}