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Malicious MAL-2024-12335

random-security-test-pkg

PyPI package · versions 1.1.0, 1.1.3

Reported Nov 17, 2024 · Updated Dec 12, 2025

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 (8d5e8dadc66c780e3fc3351cf55a305fe623b46a48e96847a7da95ea0e5ec211)
During installation, the obfuscated code attempts to exfiltrate basic information about the host. There is no other purpose of the package

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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: 2024-11-funkymonkeypkg

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.

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