{"id":"MAL-2025-191893","summary":"Malicious code in testcatplzignore (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c3cde630e4fbb39749856eccaa8f1afb813c865152bcf6d2eb0a639f71f2b4cb)\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":"2025-12-12T20:43:15.913963Z","published":"2025-07-16T19:22:42Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/testcatplzignore","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.440710504Z","modified_time":"2025-07-16T19:22:42.880723Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"127522f06030b4b274b6a785c8d6672ae2cf9257086f0ae715006e899255c9f3","source":"kam193"},{"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"c3cde630e4fbb39749856eccaa8f1afb813c865152bcf6d2eb0a639f71f2b4cb","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/testcatplzignore","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.625098027Z","modified_time":"2025-07-16T19:22:42.880723Z"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/testcatplzignore","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.728862231Z","modified_time":"2025-07-16T19:22:42.880723Z","sha256":"660588570f477a24dd99b29fc46a51a1719d72623ebccba8928cbd840b378a6e","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.1"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/testcatplzignore"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"testcatplzignore","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/testcatplzignore"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/testcatplzignore/MAL-2025-191893.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":"REPORTER"}]}