{"id":"MAL-2025-913","summary":"Malicious code in datagov-harvester (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (cd1508013c2ef9abe7de7e4eb3bbdc492b545c3344ae4148b4e06165e8313229)\nThe package looks like a beginning for a further work. In fact, the uploader has shortly published a few similar packages appearing to be e.g. an integration for a known application, but containing only a \"telemetry\" module exfiltrating basic info about the user. This package has no other purpose than collecting data about users. In addition, it appears to be largely generated by an LLM.\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: 2024-12- sajansubedi\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 - dependency-confusion\n","modified":"2026-03-19T12:52:24.116171Z","published":"2024-12-01T16:23:40Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2025-00452","versions":["20.0.0","21.0.0"],"source":"reversing-labs","modified_time":"2025-02-03T17:07:15Z","import_time":"2025-02-03T18:38:05.590447067Z","sha256":"77f01f1be2038f17656e7523a8735bbb6e6e35181cacb1caf81c13a2ef12bc47"},{"id":"pypi/2024-12- sajansubedi/datagov-harvester","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-12-01T16:23:40Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.974961284Z","sha256":"9d7476e34f62d92f7736383420735adc8c8748a83b8f6b0de545f31b1c592ec4"},{"id":"pypi/2024-12- sajansubedi/datagov-harvester","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-12-01T16:23:40Z","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.167448548Z","sha256":"cd1508013c2ef9abe7de7e4eb3bbdc492b545c3344ae4148b4e06165e8313229"},{"id":"pypi/2024-12- sajansubedi/datagov-harvester","versions":["21.0.0"],"source":"kam193","modified_time":"2024-12-01T16:23:40Z","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.306291552Z","sha256":"dcee5ee3878ea2770a217accd87e6b298bcd8d951b33434df4efc3e4a6e234cb"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00248","source":"reversing-labs","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:13:04Z","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:38.2924931Z","sha256":"8033c1b55486183d5dbbf8a1365c9b244430cd0f45a99defaa0102b52fbe427d"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/datagov-harvester"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"datagov-harvester","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/datagov-harvester"},"versions":["20.0.0","21.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/datagov-harvester/MAL-2025-913.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"}]}