mal-2025-48895
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-09-26 15:42
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in netkit-lite (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (b4f77a4b324adb21fdeb5020c213d4ad7d72eefe9f26ee0c134a1cc8544255e9)
Project is intended only for presenting dependency confusion and exfiltrates basic data
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: 2025-09-netkit-lite
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.
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dependency-confusion
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "netkit-lite",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/netkit-lite"
},
"versions": [
"1.2.3",
"1.3.2",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.0",
"1.2.9",
"1.2.8",
"1.2.7",
"1.2.6",
"1.2.5",
"1.2.4"
]
}
],
"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-2025-05214",
"import_time": "2025-10-27T18:08:49.947347142Z",
"modified_time": "2025-10-23T19:16:47Z",
"sha256": "feb61821989927e7156257d8b89badf1f03c6c4f24a236aeb2aa9ab45844e882",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"1.2.3"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-09-netkit-lite/netkit-lite",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.234765187Z",
"modified_time": "2025-09-26T15:42:58.892909Z",
"sha256": "324bb467c36fadba778ec46019bdeaf8b0aa0795b3afb476c9432173715ca36a",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"1.3.2",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.0",
"1.2.9",
"1.2.8",
"1.2.7",
"1.2.6",
"1.2.5",
"1.2.4",
"1.2.3"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-09-netkit-lite/netkit-lite",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.421912637Z",
"modified_time": "2025-09-26T15:42:58.892909Z",
"sha256": "b4f77a4b324adb21fdeb5020c213d4ad7d72eefe9f26ee0c134a1cc8544255e9",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"1.3.2",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.0",
"1.2.9",
"1.2.8",
"1.2.7",
"1.2.6",
"1.2.5",
"1.2.4",
"1.2.3"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-09-netkit-lite/netkit-lite",
"import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.318341995Z",
"modified_time": "2025-09-26T15:42:58.892909Z",
"sha256": "7aefe226e47fa8aca7fdd054dc15258e068977243a36c39ed74168c2e42955e0",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"1.2.3",
"1.2.4",
"1.2.5",
"1.2.6",
"1.2.7",
"1.2.8",
"1.2.9",
"1.3.0",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.2"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b4f77a4b324adb21fdeb5020c213d4ad7d72eefe9f26ee0c134a1cc8544255e9)\nProject is intended only for presenting dependency confusion and exfiltrates basic data\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: 2025-09-netkit-lite\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 - dependency-confusion\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-48895",
"modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:15Z",
"published": "2025-09-26T15:42:58Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/netkit-lite"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in netkit-lite (PyPI)"
}
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