{"id":"MAL-2026-1285","summary":"Malicious code in demozecox (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b32c6e6d2566a58b9a104d162c060982bff488fa547fb706c43553d0b7185ccb)\nPackages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.\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-simple-tests\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n","modified":"2026-03-08T15:46:33.082072Z","published":"2026-03-08T14:52:48Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-03-08T15:40:55.217853394Z","sha256":"b32c6e6d2566a58b9a104d162c060982bff488fa547fb706c43553d0b7185ccb","modified_time":"2026-03-08T14:52:48.352587Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/demozecox","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.0"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/demozecox"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"demozecox","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/demozecox"},"versions":["0.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/demozecox/MAL-2026-1285.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"}]}