mal-2025-3600
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: kam193 (238c137f1939d99c855ef5fedf6f16b67ac8fcd9087d80270475d3eeff8e8c65)
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 (130b3663b76a97ade6e8b4ac7fd68832b2d953067f5c9f251198e5eca48461e2)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'hello-wordl' @ 0.2.0 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "hello-wordl"
},
"versions": [
"0.2.0"
]
}
],
"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": "2025-05-05T14:06:13.854479122Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-05T13:40:56Z",
"sha256": "130b3663b76a97ade6e8b4ac7fd68832b2d953067f5c9f251198e5eca48461e2",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"0.2.0"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/hello-wordl",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.091684352Z",
"modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "d3ea1c780c53f42386d526814ec348487c0c266852a0978b7ec8acc281fe29b3",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/hello-wordl",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.280341304Z",
"modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "238c137f1939d99c855ef5fedf6f16b67ac8fcd9087d80270475d3eeff8e8c65",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/hello-wordl",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.417397551Z",
"modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
"sha256": "c38b6f059994bf42ed0a0a58d3e6071ef4fca6891e3bea183fb4110810c20133",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.2.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (238c137f1939d99c855ef5fedf6f16b67ac8fcd9087d80270475d3eeff8e8c65)\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 (130b3663b76a97ade6e8b4ac7fd68832b2d953067f5c9f251198e5eca48461e2)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027hello-wordl\u0027 @ 0.2.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-3600",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hello-wordl"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in hello-wordl (PyPI)"
}
Sightings
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