mal-2025-1961
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-07-26 16:53
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in akatest (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (85ef10e21c20c3c7e5e453a0708a581cb88d8f37961da7c93af948848756fd3d)

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):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "akatest",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/akatest"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.2",
        "0.3",
        "0.4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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-2025-01196",
        "import_time": "2025-03-03T15:07:13.612384274Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-03T13:44:36Z",
        "sha256": "fb2f7aa8c6a4ccc9ee0dc182bb960f9e6850ecedc358c21b2beb39d5ccbb3c83",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.2",
          "0.3",
          "0.4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akatest",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.82581522Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "358feeacf0c08b281899b5c35ce6b74a1d56bc3ae90d83a84f0101944cd96e1b",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akatest",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.005037579Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "85ef10e21c20c3c7e5e453a0708a581cb88d8f37961da7c93af948848756fd3d",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akatest",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.153040617Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "27dade3f3b8cda7fd856dc45e69fb17f279fdac3f107862ad85586e08ffa184b",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.3",
          "0.2",
          "0.4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/akatest",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.264898425Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "00b2131a75f5a6e4995e576c034582612fc83c9596589e21b30f2e8e99c56b23",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.2",
          "0.3",
          "0.4"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (85ef10e21c20c3c7e5e453a0708a581cb88d8f37961da7c93af948848756fd3d)\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",
  "id": "MAL-2025-1961",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:15Z",
  "published": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/akatest"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in akatest (PyPI)"
}


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