{"id":"MAL-2025-6973","summary":"Malicious code in flatfox-api-python (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (a81db9eb6d8c8eb51eecf49610e1282097b77630ccb58b6eef3e2f002e5fe0e2)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (d82a5bf63c0c510997a6d8d438e71f8522351b6e4c0cbca760d856ef2b623342)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'flatfox-api-python' @ 0.3 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","modified":"2025-12-31T02:53:48.101567Z","published":"2025-08-18T18:31:35Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"d82a5bf63c0c510997a6d8d438e71f8522351b6e4c0cbca760d856ef2b623342","versions":["0.3"],"modified_time":"2025-08-18T18:31:35Z","import_time":"2025-08-18T18:44:10.212426557Z"},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"688dcb86e71feda7dff5b609da6dcd8dae0e113c2bc709b76592ab122c10be88","versions":["0.3","0.2","0.1"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/flatfox-api-python","modified_time":"2025-08-18T18:58:14.565458Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.045817111Z"},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"a81db9eb6d8c8eb51eecf49610e1282097b77630ccb58b6eef3e2f002e5fe0e2","versions":["0.3","0.2","0.1"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/flatfox-api-python","modified_time":"2025-08-18T18:58:14.565458Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.237216656Z"},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"e70b0b90ab8583f9dd6104ada5da8f42c68b76d4ab9244a4b0904faeba37a8ef","versions":["0.1","0.2","0.3"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/flatfox-api-python","modified_time":"2025-08-18T18:58:14.565458Z","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.28962285Z"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/flatfox-api-python"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"flatfox-api-python","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/flatfox-api-python"},"versions":["0.3","0.2","0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/flatfox-api-python/MAL-2025-6973.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","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":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}