MAL-2024-11607

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/hellopythopyy/MAL-2024-11607.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-11607
Published
2024-08-23T22:55:41Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:39:56.959271Z
Summary
Malicious code in hellopythopyy (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (4d534cccb22ee1d1a160d632f8698201e94ea1c69129838084362bd42c52a9a9)

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.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.19.0",
                "0.21.0",
                "0.29.0"
            ],
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:44.36927935Z",
            "modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:50:23Z",
            "id": "RLMA-2024-11060",
            "sha256": "f169a1d53d6f48158da348ce6932c104e354040b1d9c68b54a13e959dbe98e29"
        },
        {
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.094851693Z",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopyy",
            "sha256": "61945852a5082bbf26645b011ba17e53feb970d0ef0c3b2ee26bad6c4e535d94"
        },
        {
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.283047847Z",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopyy",
            "sha256": "4d534cccb22ee1d1a160d632f8698201e94ea1c69129838084362bd42c52a9a9"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.19.0",
                "0.21.0",
                "0.24.0",
                "0.23.0"
            ],
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.420560907Z",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopyy",
            "sha256": "6e3cef62bb079447045a1bfaec523255ebeaf10db7c1def025032e4527a58fa3"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / hellopythopyy

Package

Name
hellopythopyy
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Purl
pkg:pypi/hellopythopyy

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*

0.19.0
0.21.0
0.23.0
0.24.0
0.29.0