MAL-2024-12218

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/bettercolorstesting/MAL-2024-12218.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12218
Published
2024-11-30T09:03:27Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:36:30.318138Z
Summary
Malicious code in bettercolorstesting (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (607fc60886a9983c22c65cd01bb93585f27b0830f203f3b3b181ff12026ea036)

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.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "878bc6d33ebd6158009ec874d1cbeb88951f51c2a6ac02994c33d369ad8a0773",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-11-30T09:03:27Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2023-12-valuent/bettercolorstesting",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.88456737Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "607fc60886a9983c22c65cd01bb93585f27b0830f203f3b3b181ff12026ea036",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-11-30T09:03:27Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2023-12-valuent/bettercolorstesting",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.068293603Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "42f3e930c5caaeda5f967533004e2968a944b98e79a95160252a33466f7b1dd2",
            "modified_time": "2024-11-30T09:03:27Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2023-12-valuent/bettercolorstesting",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.205667442Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / bettercolorstesting

Package

Name
bettercolorstesting
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Purl
pkg:pypi/bettercolorstesting

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/bettercolorstesting/MAL-2024-12218.json"