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Malicious MAL-2025-3208

quizdom

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0, 0.3.0, 0.2.0

Reported Jul 26, 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 (2b6e87a0fb56928d5946cb4cff73f2dd9a9ef6eda0d943f74d7f0c4333df8be0)
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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (54859476f6015ea4a22d1cbfaf5087feddc5a7281f40482da9fd9cb7aa362f65)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'quizdom' @ 0.1.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.