{"id":"MAL-2025-4213","summary":"Malicious code in ctftestsowwy (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d6e53c512e63c328ecdc02187c5fe11c5b379e6bf451f936f769219c1787d146)\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":"2026-03-19T12:52:18.481736Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"b9fa8fb131f37c1ac35f8837eac1cc4294fdd47bb73149db6c7fcd09100ca985","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.0.9","0.1.1","0.1.4","6.9","7"],"id":"RLMA-2025-02565","import_time":"2025-05-22T14:06:34.964047138Z","modified_time":"2025-05-22T12:33:30Z"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/ctftestsowwy","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.969432822Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"c490c38cbe03c8edc938141679452826d6cd4a2626e02afb064ba47a97cc5859","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/ctftestsowwy","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.161238024Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"d6e53c512e63c328ecdc02187c5fe11c5b379e6bf451f936f769219c1787d146","source":"kam193"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/ctftestsowwy","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.300014796Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"967463eb5a6fc1908a95c9a0f5825d8a47695e42640d31fd7b77358201afa101","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.2","0.0.1","0.0.4","0.0.6","0.0.3","0.0.8","0.0.7","0.0.9","0.1.0","0.1.1"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/ctftestsowwy","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.279343021Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"068a9aaf3c2853dd9379ec95c7ab7e66598f1221c6d57fea86d4ce4a8d6e822c","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3","0.0.4","0.0.6","0.0.7","0.0.8","0.0.9","0.1.0","0.1.1"]},{"sha256":"6065b0a3b0eade6c004127632c0c683a7c67be0dd942b4d6c78e5954cc819be7","source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00241","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:37.673806549Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:12:59Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/ctftestsowwy"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ctftestsowwy","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/ctftestsowwy"},"versions":["0.0.9","0.1.1","0.1.4","6.9","7","0.0.2","0.0.1","0.0.4","0.0.6","0.0.3","0.0.8","0.0.7","0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/ctftestsowwy/MAL-2025-4213.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"}]}