MAL-2024-11649

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/optimux/MAL-2024-11649.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-11649
Published
2024-07-26T16:53:30Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:37:02.038333Z
Summary
Malicious code in optimux (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (b2737cac48f109d99f0b6b2ea3f5bbab193dd15390bf35808162bd8a6abfa163)

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.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "RLMA-2024-11105",
            "import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:46.514967473Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:50:43Z",
            "sha256": "114d3daf0116838ac3f7cb6226b9a614d566ef6b2cdb79edc7778b9ee923eaf0"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/optimux",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.276628419Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "26fa0d105b8fea3ab3553ad6976c66e9186f4ad1e72270eadb4274525f66bf74"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/optimux",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.463684262Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "b2737cac48f109d99f0b6b2ea3f5bbab193dd15390bf35808162bd8a6abfa163"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/optimux",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.57752163Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "e4946b724ebee0d3710788df6110c10c5b973af67ea4f08bfabbef435aa77074"
        },
        {
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00570",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:20:09.739510129Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:16:39Z",
            "sha256": "a5e8e8d05466005e52d72e4297ea55ae60a2d59eebf1cef560ce0abf755cc249"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / optimux

Package

Name
optimux
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Purl
pkg:pypi/optimux

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/optimux/MAL-2024-11649.json"