{"id":"MAL-2025-6499","summary":"Malicious code in elbloadmonitor (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (88c42654181376acf7c6b7f01d62ff8c47962c3405e54d1924caa9de70e01548)\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":"2026-03-19T12:52:44.048042Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2025-03590","versions":["0.0.1","0.1.12"],"import_time":"2025-08-01T10:07:11.066317459Z","modified_time":"2025-07-31T19:14:56Z","source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"c6043ad06799853c63a89e3fd4a43dc8dda5a9fda15302a15db69c2fb5d277e4"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/elbloadmonitor","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.008636677Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"918af17da12c4aaeb062c0fa53f51ccd8f7ba0abf65fbfafc35e1e1e65cdef60"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/elbloadmonitor","source":"kam193","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.207256826Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"88c42654181376acf7c6b7f01d62ff8c47962c3405e54d1924caa9de70e01548"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/elbloadmonitor","versions":["0.1.12","0.0.1"],"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.344019633Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","source":"kam193","sha256":"9375172952f24589dd79eebd159fca9b1419db21ed09ff90355b6485dcb6ba74"},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/elbloadmonitor","versions":["0.0.1","0.1.12"],"import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.283992671Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","source":"kam193","sha256":"2507d38051c0138314e9f490fc28ca622de982cd583d67acf0cfc11917ef64a3"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00290","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:42.433658287Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:13:30Z","source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"d780dd1580b04693beebf9a786fe076da608c10ddca1e3cfdeaa9df378bbe7e3"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/elbloadmonitor"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"elbloadmonitor","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/elbloadmonitor"},"versions":["0.0.1","0.1.12"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/elbloadmonitor/MAL-2025-6499.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":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}