mal-2024-12236
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-07-26 16:53
Modified
2026-01-14 11:10
Summary
Malicious code in cittronn (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (dfa8d2dd5fa7ca684cd31b55440d9eb21ff2197a6a774c36b07fe88f804554d6)

Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "cittronn"
      },
      "versions": [
        "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"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.945301973Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "859e10aae35c888d78c8dd8ae1d8a9bc8f7e1e5c83608aaededfb3931eec9ddf",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.135171116Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "dfa8d2dd5fa7ca684cd31b55440d9eb21ff2197a6a774c36b07fe88f804554d6",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.272379179Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "31dbb318d93b1d1c879be4f71d7ad2c106505248e2ed4cf20a76b750cb39ef99",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "3"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn",
        "import_time": "2026-01-14T11:08:23.87720968Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "d2ab856578bf05c48f306e1fdbdcc3b9b6ec817f95939dde804901d9bea94935",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "3"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (dfa8d2dd5fa7ca684cd31b55440d9eb21ff2197a6a774c36b07fe88f804554d6)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\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-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2024-12236",
  "modified": "2026-01-14T11:10:02Z",
  "published": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cittronn"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in cittronn (PyPI)"
}


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