{"id":"MAL-2025-4214","summary":"Malicious code in deepseek-fake (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (2cfb3844573548050acb7218fe4787055828a04e3c327179fe2f7423bb2f2e97)\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":"2026-03-19T12:52:29.337148Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2025-05-22T12:33:30Z","sha256":"98fded8b9823be031793c9b19f7dbbc8dac9cba0eedd2698173df262018d53d3","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.1.0"],"id":"RLMA-2025-02566","import_time":"2025-05-22T14:06:35.059533783Z"},{"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"5976ea823aaac150099c5ed0521ed17ce29538aef9da6889ed7109723030f3bb","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/deepseek-fake","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.983655059Z"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/deepseek-fake","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.177738692Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"2cfb3844573548050acb7218fe4787055828a04e3c327179fe2f7423bb2f2e97","source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.318444944Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"8e36e2dea15a795b90d4e37ecb401c7146b3aa3f2f94b48181695e6009f6e700","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/deepseek-fake"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00255","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:39.004935537Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:13:08Z","sha256":"b76a13f3420992902163ce67120c0c115431dc4d8315323ec672bc5a70d49eb3","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/deepseek-fake"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"deepseek-fake","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/deepseek-fake"},"versions":["0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/deepseek-fake/MAL-2025-4214.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"}]}