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Malicious MAL-2025-191813

peptest2

PyPI package · versions 1.2.3, 1.2.2

Reported Nov 20, 2025 · 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 (60249233a6c88847f2043da362196e4b2652bd7dddb8dbfe92cc3e7b2b2676a9)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.

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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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest

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.