mal-2025-128
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: kam193 (f966d9bb86511c937bd68311d8a63c9a6e06dfdd7947b56f6f43f2c75504ae7d)
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):
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The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (989f0ca58fc60013559b95cadc24b743ad1255ae87ea38ec31f93c0ee949424e)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'pyqubee' @ 12.1.1 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "pyqubee"
},
"versions": [
"12.1.1",
"11.35.1"
]
}
],
"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/ossf/package-analysis",
"https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
],
"name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"import_time": "2025-01-16T16:06:02.263148409Z",
"modified_time": "2025-01-16T15:55:53Z",
"sha256": "989f0ca58fc60013559b95cadc24b743ad1255ae87ea38ec31f93c0ee949424e",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"12.1.1"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pyqubee",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.32750099Z",
"modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "16a85ea1f409cc784761b991e969d6f62c5bc740f65a68a5f9ec04a6e5fa275f",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pyqubee",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.517573562Z",
"modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "f966d9bb86511c937bd68311d8a63c9a6e06dfdd7947b56f6f43f2c75504ae7d",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/pyqubee",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.628367617Z",
"modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
"sha256": "3e9283f7f2d0986e10dfdfb86c05d0625b3b92bac1f994e8567e711326250070",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"11.35.1",
"12.1.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (f966d9bb86511c937bd68311d8a63c9a6e06dfdd7947b56f6f43f2c75504ae7d)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (989f0ca58fc60013559b95cadc24b743ad1255ae87ea38ec31f93c0ee949424e)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027pyqubee\u0027 @ 12.1.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-128",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pyqubee"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in pyqubee (PyPI)"
}
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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