newpackagetest2024@1.0.0
Vulnerability report · Last retrieved from osv.dev October 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM UTC
OSV ID
MAL-2024-12312
Ecosystem
pypi
Summary
Packages either test the malicious behaviour, or actually download and run a simple remote script during the installation. --- 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: 2023-12-valuent 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. - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
Source: kam193 (1e2e6f858089751c96fa15bde74d24a4dc6a68758e3ee4870a9c0d1f7c66d378)
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