{"id":"MAL-2025-192349","summary":"Malicious code in qt-main (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (bd1f92a69928dc8fa2a6a50cfd596c34802bc68fc28dd5dd8508fc24344bbec9)\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":"2026-03-19T12:56:08.058492Z","published":"2025-12-05T22:52:28Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"bd1f92a69928dc8fa2a6a50cfd596c34802bc68fc28dd5dd8508fc24344bbec9","source":"kam193","versions":["5.15.2","0.0.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/qt-main","import_time":"2025-12-05T23:35:55.30642573Z","modified_time":"2025-12-05T22:52:28.275138Z"},{"import_time":"2025-12-24T10:07:31.144660326Z","modified_time":"2025-12-23T08:39:33Z","sha256":"3f37fcb4d67566a539449aafa0fc202d6afad5a9514f302b39f07c4b8dcf1cad","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["5.15.2"],"id":"RLMA-2025-06585"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/qt-main","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.340258707Z","modified_time":"2025-12-05T22:52:28.275138Z","sha256":"0962da4ec047e65eb1c76e66c2224ac9e5fa7427ecec7c554184b7af766cbfaf","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.0","5.15.2"]},{"import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:19.633767738Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:17:55Z","sha256":"d61112b2390b95160c47976d425e37b7a7723f201aa3fbdc638e18a76324781e","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.0.0"],"id":"RLUA-2026-00677"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/qt-main"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"qt-main","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/qt-main"},"versions":["5.15.2","0.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/qt-main/MAL-2025-192349.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"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"}]}