{"id":"MAL-2026-1287","summary":"Malicious code in simple-text-parser (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (028015ffba2e58b87cbc6405ccb9358c194b81fafea44e7359587509510d4027)\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":"2026-03-17T23:31:35.421488Z","published":"2026-03-08T17:12:35Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/simple-text-parser","import_time":"2026-03-08T18:10:56.615924361Z","sha256":"028015ffba2e58b87cbc6405ccb9358c194b81fafea44e7359587509510d4027","modified_time":"2026-03-08T17:12:35.279935Z","source":"kam193","versions":["0.24.2"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/simple-text-parser","import_time":"2026-03-17T23:12:59.438595795Z","sha256":"723227bfe93a36ee494a8a371622578d8907d7475a47aeb0e9b1b005bf434391","modified_time":"2026-03-08T17:12:35.279935Z","source":"kam193","versions":["0.24.2"]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/simple-text-parser"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"simple-text-parser","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/simple-text-parser"},"versions":["0.24.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/simple-text-parser/MAL-2026-1287.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"ANALYST"},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}