{"id":"MAL-2025-6512","summary":"Malicious code in google-appengine-ext (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (142a8fbc789954291f2b01aab5ac1d139eaaf4f9f490fd6dcf30da438f7d8e51)\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":"2026-03-19T12:53:30.759742Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLMA-2025-03603","modified_time":"2025-07-31T19:15:08Z","import_time":"2025-08-01T10:07:11.428934364Z","sha256":"827b9906f790b75c203043629ce8ff719da6b3ee8691c162d44b6b4b26c8f4d4","versions":["0.0.1"]},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/google-appengine-ext","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.065532598Z","sha256":"fcdf613be66e5f3f0cd550dda9240042bc79aeed78abe3db101b1b38d9ef725f","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}]},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/google-appengine-ext","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.255774221Z","sha256":"142a8fbc789954291f2b01aab5ac1d139eaaf4f9f490fd6dcf30da438f7d8e51","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}]},{"source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/google-appengine-ext","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.397927042Z","sha256":"98b9157bdd105e9be9c5beb53c77fa733bc24fe59ade3020427d3e58e47dde48","versions":["0.0.1"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00359","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:14:19Z","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:48.803168539Z","sha256":"3f93c13c6e2e936174d442890860d141f4eaf81a96d2fa4ef7e235b15fbe84b0"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/google-appengine-ext"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"google-appengine-ext","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/google-appengine-ext"},"versions":["0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/google-appengine-ext/MAL-2025-6512.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"}]}