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Malicious MAL-2024-10029

formatter-test-package

PyPI package · versions 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.1.0, 0.1.4, 0.1.7, 0.1.8, 0.1.9, 0.1.10, 0.1.11

Reported Aug 23, 2024 · Updated Mar 19, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: kam193 (8ad808b5e90e246a93704f922e2dd59bf4c5954fdfc55ccf5371c6b13ac7483f)
The package is designed to exfiltrate basic data, like hostname and OS details, as well as collect information about the stacktrace it's imported from.

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Category: 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.

Campaign: 2024-08-moti-analytics

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.