{"id":"MAL-2025-6582","summary":"Malicious code in sensadway (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (bd6ee914063e1d35067f3d6d13bc64aabf1bf7e7e1630f61047b55302f440e67)\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":"2026-03-19T12:56:56.584879Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2025-03681","import_time":"2025-08-01T10:07:13.710964589Z","modified_time":"2025-07-31T19:16:23Z","sha256":"3b30b34031f706e3469774996a74117b284e05d110b82c1ea79ed9edadad387f","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.1"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/sensadway","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.394695046Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"ca67628765d388156962681c607b8e280316c7b20af24969cd6346927386b846","source":"kam193"},{"modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"bd6ee914063e1d35067f3d6d13bc64aabf1bf7e7e1630f61047b55302f440e67","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/sensadway","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.580902965Z"},{"source":"kam193","versions":["0.1","0.2","0.3","0.4","0.5"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/sensadway","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.682972539Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"a621ab5f633595c453c9f65768fef3ccd52c0d8d7c455a8230b9a398e3416697"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00752","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:27.014273125Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:18:44Z","sha256":"e4a50cf8cffe030a0a2397803c7e54b98897b575825e1f400ad8ad8b698fe4bb","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/sensadway"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sensadway","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/sensadway"},"versions":["0.1","0.2","0.3","0.4","0.5"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/sensadway/MAL-2025-6582.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"}]}