{"id":"MAL-2025-3863","summary":"Malicious code in c8tsdk (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (4952c202b499114b83119ae00b4dfcb6ad81c3ff47accd61174ef279f7244eae)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (e831627bd13431af929f14093cc83d51763edbbb492e709860f63f33848fb9cf)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'c8tsdk' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","modified":"2025-12-12T20:34:11.090850Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"e831627bd13431af929f14093cc83d51763edbbb492e709860f63f33848fb9cf","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["0.0.1"],"modified_time":"2025-05-16T09:36:03Z","import_time":"2025-05-16T09:36:48.393701111Z"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/c8tsdk","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.924530514Z","sha256":"01dfbb911e3de4fd597965587e5def98d9bdb5f53da0acbae695ee0dd516532b","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/c8tsdk","source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.116462227Z","sha256":"4952c202b499114b83119ae00b4dfcb6ad81c3ff47accd61174ef279f7244eae","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/c8tsdk","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.1"],"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.250769923Z","sha256":"48a77041985c637bd9b0e965dc223e5d3815e3c60cd7f8a0615cb5ba5f02d76d"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/c8tsdk"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"c8tsdk","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/c8tsdk"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/c8tsdk/MAL-2025-3863.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":"ANALYST"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}