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      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
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      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-06598",
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        "modified_time": "2025-12-23T08:39:57Z",
        "sha256": "4d1a8ab8ba373eb58e273f23c3698ce7166c08cce2197b9d47ea195768efc59b",
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  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (74a87b74245d0639ace987a197363e4396c334434721b81ce7d1c4d7010edb55)\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 \u0026 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",
  "id": "MAL-2025-191898",
  "modified": "2025-12-24T10:09:32Z",
  "published": "2025-11-27T07:11:52Z",
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  "summary": "Malicious code in threading-helper (PyPI)"
}