{"id":"MAL-2025-918","summary":"Malicious code in dexat2 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (be5e1bf90856aef1ce6fad28972a1f6e0dc091251467174b762d9ceca7842e77)\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":"2026-03-19T12:52:26.137090Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2025-02-03T18:38:05.872777755Z","modified_time":"2025-02-03T17:07:17Z","sha256":"1330a416e87ce86be42dd25cd89d0bb4949c71091f7f415d6e601676df8f11e7","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["2"],"id":"RLMA-2025-00457"},{"sha256":"b2d9e73142a64666ffa6bc94b30ba9066eb3cc7b6eba286c52321c384ebc86cd","source":"kam193","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/dexat2","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.993685295Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/dexat2","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.188305708Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"sha256":"be5e1bf90856aef1ce6fad28972a1f6e0dc091251467174b762d9ceca7842e77","source":"kam193"},{"source":"kam193","versions":["2"],"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/dexat2","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.328954194Z","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","sha256":"3a6cae1c5ed5c4842f8c4c5f9abd10eb2057ed7602a613ad8afa28c486c120ac"},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00263","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:39.810859121Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:13:13Z","sha256":"8f0a2486023e55048f29fa7330cddc86774ce23c2f36ce6fa49993c8561b68e0","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/dexat2"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dexat2","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/dexat2"},"versions":["2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/dexat2/MAL-2025-918.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"}]}