mal-2024-12326
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-08-23 22:55
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in pitest117 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (43f26cba5babf757388adacc9a7c7affeb182356ccf10416c13e9826e6eaf9a4)

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.



{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "pitest117"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.0.0",
        "1.0.1",
        "1.0.2",
        "1.0.3",
        "1.0.5",
        "1.0.4",
        "1.0.6",
        "1.0.7",
        "1.0.9",
        "1.0.8",
        "1.1.1",
        "1.1.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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/pitest117",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.300871566Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "c3bf9319a2e230bc6fa4d1aaa812a56ad10b5edf7e920d497f6d6ad10c2de256",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/pitest117",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.489197151Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "43f26cba5babf757388adacc9a7c7affeb182356ccf10416c13e9826e6eaf9a4",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/pitest117",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.604912551Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
        "sha256": "76a9f39bd8a14389b4e9842a4d338e4528db058c52636750daab15fe6853642f",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0",
          "1.0.1",
          "1.0.2",
          "1.0.3",
          "1.0.5",
          "1.0.4",
          "1.0.6",
          "1.0.7",
          "1.0.9",
          "1.0.8",
          "1.1.1",
          "1.1.2"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/pitest117",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.329720696Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
        "sha256": "cac4a1a98fc7a1e15789421f2ef9465d579ad5311120c79189e733a0dc767e3d",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0",
          "1.0.1",
          "1.0.2",
          "1.0.3",
          "1.0.4",
          "1.0.5",
          "1.0.6",
          "1.0.7",
          "1.0.8",
          "1.0.9",
          "1.1.1",
          "1.1.2"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (43f26cba5babf757388adacc9a7c7affeb182356ccf10416c13e9826e6eaf9a4)\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-2024-12326",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:15Z",
  "published": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pitest117"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in pitest117 (PyPI)"
}


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