mal-2024-11606
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-08-23 22:55
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in hellopythopy (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (9d4a25ed4b69dc1e63e0582d7ec37abf5fb0e5adb1e844dda88557faa06bd827)

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.


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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "hellopythopy",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/hellopythopy"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.8.0",
        "0.9.0",
        "0.11.0",
        "0.14.0",
        "0.16.0",
        "0.19.0",
        "0.2.0",
        "0.3.0",
        "0.1.0",
        "0.4.0",
        "0.5.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2024-11059",
        "import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:44.334994738Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:50:22Z",
        "sha256": "43a94bfed11f79dfd78243d3200802c7d00c2d57970eacab989606f0bb179e1e",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.8.0",
          "0.9.0",
          "0.11.0",
          "0.14.0",
          "0.16.0",
          "0.19.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopy",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.093846845Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "07f1712190e0f9bc1ff94a4ec5e864dfa8cb65a3f2560019a11966ccf75fd71d",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopy",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.282189225Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "9d4a25ed4b69dc1e63e0582d7ec37abf5fb0e5adb1e844dda88557faa06bd827",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopy",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.419582854Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
        "sha256": "3181f7e5aa889d0eea9caf2cea9d0be52c829f676de99bd493f11922898c51b3",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.2.0",
          "0.3.0",
          "0.1.0",
          "0.4.0",
          "0.5.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopy",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.295882122Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
        "sha256": "05a04c7f2cc96be81294da55c77d5758321ab422632c437b7b670b0c572eab06",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.0",
          "0.2.0",
          "0.3.0",
          "0.4.0",
          "0.5.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (9d4a25ed4b69dc1e63e0582d7ec37abf5fb0e5adb1e844dda88557faa06bd827)\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-2024-11606",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:15Z",
  "published": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hellopythopy"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in hellopythopy (PyPI)"
}


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