MAL-2024-12268
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-08-23 22:55
Modified
2026-01-16 21:09
Summary
Malicious code in expkg-am (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (36b7980049911172764372f2e4d93b74e1ff019b9c6f9860be544e91f7f79a28)
Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.
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-simple-tests
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Credits
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "expkg-am"
},
"versions": [
"0.0.3"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
"type": "ANALYST"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/expkg-am",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.020446815Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "edc1b06dcbef9c6df87dce72638feee882677d421e0332fcfa8fe691cb317c27",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/expkg-am",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.219204726Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "36b7980049911172764372f2e4d93b74e1ff019b9c6f9860be544e91f7f79a28",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/expkg-am",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.359962787Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
"sha256": "cdb2503d186c01cd0b74619c6cb565c99937ec817ccbc69311673c9b4eb79ec3",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.0.3"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/expkg-am",
"import_time": "2026-01-16T21:08:02.855043363Z",
"modified_time": "2026-01-16T20:51:21.023183Z",
"sha256": "2448ebed3409cb5b2011e94a4df6b73dddf851463871c41469383bd2a7b41a59",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.0.3"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (36b7980049911172764372f2e4d93b74e1ff019b9c6f9860be544e91f7f79a28)\nPackages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.\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-simple-tests\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-12268",
"modified": "2026-01-16T21:09:34Z",
"published": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/expkg-am"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in expkg-am (PyPI)"
}
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