mal-2024-12288
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-08-23 22:55
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in honestjson (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (e5703b401839f166c2d73a6e56aa7e747cf19b4035bba3f4c5aee116a41a344f)
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.
Credits
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "honestjson"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.3"
]
}
],
"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"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/honestjson",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.1002453Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "0d03da598e8b29bb0a20cb9142c153d5eb8519e81f73bba9ff6a0ace1eb8037b",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/honestjson",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.288103413Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "e5703b401839f166c2d73a6e56aa7e747cf19b4035bba3f4c5aee116a41a344f",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/honestjson",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.426507079Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
"sha256": "b9a8cc3b1e77f2756deb2481bb3e82d341320d126283dd2c1bab621f3cbefabc",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.3"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e5703b401839f166c2d73a6e56aa7e747cf19b4035bba3f4c5aee116a41a344f)\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-2024-12288",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/honestjson"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in honestjson (PyPI)"
}
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