{"id":"MAL-2025-1961","summary":"Malicious code in akatest (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (85ef10e21c20c3c7e5e453a0708a581cb88d8f37961da7c93af948848756fd3d)\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":"2026-03-19T12:49:59.975090Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"fb2f7aa8c6a4ccc9ee0dc182bb960f9e6850ecedc358c21b2beb39d5ccbb3c83","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.2","0.3","0.4"],"id":"RLMA-2025-01196","import_time":"2025-03-03T15:07:13.612384274Z","modified_time":"2025-03-03T13:44:36Z"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akatest","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.82581522Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"358feeacf0c08b281899b5c35ce6b74a1d56bc3ae90d83a84f0101944cd96e1b","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akatest","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.005037579Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"85ef10e21c20c3c7e5e453a0708a581cb88d8f37961da7c93af948848756fd3d","source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.153040617Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"27dade3f3b8cda7fd856dc45e69fb17f279fdac3f107862ad85586e08ffa184b","source":"kam193","versions":["0.3","0.2","0.4"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akatest"},{"versions":["0.2","0.3","0.4"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akatest","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.264898425Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"00b2131a75f5a6e4995e576c034582612fc83c9596589e21b30f2e8e99c56b23","source":"kam193"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00051","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:21.407064948Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:10:52Z","sha256":"0536cdcda07b0f4acf862d795de9eb78342dc1ec2231d202992f4e6ec6415c42","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/akatest"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"akatest","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/akatest"},"versions":["0.2","0.3","0.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/akatest/MAL-2025-1961.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"}]}