MAL-2024-12236

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/cittronn/MAL-2024-12236.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12236
Published
2024-07-26T16:53:30Z
Modified
2026-01-14T11:14:26.810335Z
Summary
Malicious code in cittronn (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (dfa8d2dd5fa7ca684cd31b55440d9eb21ff2197a6a774c36b07fe88f804554d6)

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": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "859e10aae35c888d78c8dd8ae1d8a9bc8f7e1e5c83608aaededfb3931eec9ddf",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.945301973Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "dfa8d2dd5fa7ca684cd31b55440d9eb21ff2197a6a774c36b07fe88f804554d6",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.135171116Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "3"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "31dbb318d93b1d1c879be4f71d7ad2c106505248e2ed4cf20a76b750cb39ef99",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.272379179Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "3"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "d2ab856578bf05c48f306e1fdbdcc3b9b6ec817f95939dde804901d9bea94935",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/cittronn",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2026-01-14T11:08:23.87720968Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / cittronn

Package

Name
cittronn
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Purl
pkg:pypi/cittronn

Affected ranges

Affected versions

Other
3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/cittronn/MAL-2024-12236.json"