mal-0000-kam193-ba206991cd762792
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-12-09 11:27
Modified
2025-12-09 20:27
Summary
Malicious code in do-not-install-this-package-001 (PyPI)
Details
Generic campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
exfiltration-env-variables
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exfiltration-generic
-
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
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typosquatting
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "do-not-install-this-package-001"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.3",
"0.1.4",
"0.1.5",
"0.1.6"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
"type": "REPORTER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/do-not-install-this-package-001",
"import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.074694059Z",
"modified_time": "2025-12-09T20:27:37.719212Z",
"sha256": "ba206991cd762792a8755427477cd461efab8e1427e1cfabb02ddbdca15f7140",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.3",
"0.1.4",
"0.1.5",
"0.1.6"
]
}
]
},
"details": "Generic campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n",
"id": "",
"modified": "2025-12-09T20:27:37Z",
"published": "2025-12-09T11:27:51Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/do-not-install-this-package-001"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in do-not-install-this-package-001 (PyPI)"
}
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