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

  • exfiltration-generic

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • 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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