{
  "affected": [
    {
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        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "faest"
      },
      "versions": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": "REPORTER"
    }
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        "donkeyback.glitch.me"
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        "https://donkeyback.glitch.me/metrics/collect",
        "https://git.sr.ht/~wsmith/faest"
      ]
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        "id": "pypi/2024-09-old-faest/faest",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.181324923Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-09-25T16:44:30Z",
        "ranges": [
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              {
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        "modified_time": "2024-09-25T16:44:30Z",
        "ranges": [
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                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
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        ],
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        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-09-old-faest/faest",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.473453578Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-09-25T16:44:30Z",
        "sha256": "4b9b50f96aa5c969ee30095a332d27eb0bc4ac15eaaab90e910a9c9c7f7f7e28",
        "source": "kam193",
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        ]
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    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (f66b290465d72fc55bce4fef4200ebea68c430be84cdcbbabec5263958041781)\nWhen using this library to do any request, a \"validate_origin\" function is called (L1320 in _client.py). This method, located in _utils.py, collects all request data, tries also read /etc/shadow using Docker container, and sends them to an endpoint controlled by the package author.\n\nThe package seems to be a clone of httpx and also informs in the README that it\u0027s a malicious library, as so, it seems to be a malicious research attempts.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-09-old-faest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n",
  "id": "MAL-2024-12269",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2024-09-25T16:44:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/faest"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in faest (PyPI)"
}