{"id":"MAL-2025-915","summary":"Malicious code in dependency908 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (25814cf8cbc379ad2210acacd5990c5457e8d4c7b2e6046a02a628cdfa555c9d)\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":"2026-03-19T12:52:33.342943Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"sha256":"917b573e14782d715c3a9be254f0febf1aeef59dfc81a6225eb0a4227f73f34c","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["1.0.0"],"id":"RLMA-2025-00454","import_time":"2025-02-03T18:38:05.678868889Z","modified_time":"2025-02-03T17:07:16Z"},{"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"4191178db4ed02aa872bc186d40c998d50a93fff7c2edc2a91e57b0a97dec035","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/dependency908","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.989555877Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z"},{"sha256":"25814cf8cbc379ad2210acacd5990c5457e8d4c7b2e6046a02a628cdfa555c9d","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/dependency908","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.183708214Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}]},{"import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.324599638Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"b1d6624169e8b51b055b4dfb112cb443989f6ff808f18314f184d476d9dfeffd","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/dependency908"},{"import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:39.291184794Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:13:10Z","sha256":"952e1e80354a2694bbcdf94d8b2cf0ca5702aa2c6c89431d0222f430cbaf61b0","source":"reversing-labs","id":"RLUA-2026-00258"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/dependency908"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dependency908","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/dependency908"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/dependency908/MAL-2025-915.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":"ANALYST"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}