{"id":"MAL-2025-41755","summary":"Malicious code in rtxt-dep3 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c9452c218f473489657ae73882d2b63b23ea6349c2d4da8bf5fe393f9ef69bbf)\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":"2026-03-19T12:56:43.675401Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2025-04250","import_time":"2025-08-29T06:41:52.970376144Z","modified_time":"2025-08-28T07:11:50Z","sha256":"6bb8cf9565491216972397193b19116a7d443f32ae4680722f8c259abd60611c","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["3.3.7"]},{"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"72cd069f18d09ad432d06e3ef414186794031c4d5856346d49b480ad4adb5302","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/rtxt-dep3","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.381086393Z"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/rtxt-dep3","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.568448854Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"c9452c218f473489657ae73882d2b63b23ea6349c2d4da8bf5fe393f9ef69bbf","source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.671626593Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"d8dd6cf72aea24d8c771e739fcef15a3f1738ffdfefcd04a7cc0a4c45e049717","source":"kam193","versions":["3.3.7"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/rtxt-dep3"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00736","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:25.439444082Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:18:33Z","sha256":"b8314e14047b65604b20626eec1c14be2ce3e2aa7073bc45f35d022d423e926b","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/rtxt-dep3"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rtxt-dep3","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/rtxt-dep3"},"versions":["3.3.7"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/rtxt-dep3/MAL-2025-41755.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"}]}