{"id":"MAL-2025-3451","summary":"Malicious code in multiutils (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (4cf1aa7242b79df0848b6bac5a3d8a01fc2201dc43047cd5466108a2b81f3453)\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":"2026-03-19T12:55:09.399565Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"4008ba527fae3378f6541315bd9c241a5b8d0946dd275c17c21f491e677782f9","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.1.3"],"id":"RLMA-2025-02514","import_time":"2025-04-25T09:36:46.765404878Z","modified_time":"2025-04-23T16:06:28Z"},{"id":"RLUA-2025-02582","import_time":"2025-05-22T14:07:11.25161057Z","modified_time":"2025-05-22T12:33:38Z","sha256":"1181a86e088417cbeee9726f1976b467deed0d146583993f835fe3d978254fea","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.0.1"]},{"sha256":"66426c7f896f9b6d1b5a61870b9422fad66f810bea71b7d7531e7b379a971a7e","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/multiutils","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.224794116Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}]},{"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"4cf1aa7242b79df0848b6bac5a3d8a01fc2201dc43047cd5466108a2b81f3453","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/multiutils","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.408669174Z"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/multiutils","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.53119694Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"cf6bb407d9f58d185608149a65a89dc91457796d091f669e8976af0bcdbe77cb","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.2","0.1.3","0.0.1"]},{"sha256":"b661819d2457bce1724f72534bb0177c09340b98d1302a78dda4385c4efb9677","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.1","0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.2","0.1.3"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/multiutils","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.315516546Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00538","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:06.534406718Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:16:17Z","sha256":"e0f8743289fde7c183b9160056f5d3d34e60a08421f6e1ba0f328c851951c302","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/multiutils"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"multiutils","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/multiutils"},"versions":["0.1.3","0.0.1","0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/multiutils/MAL-2025-3451.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"}]}