MAL-2024-12249

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/companyx-metaflow/MAL-2024-12249.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12249
Published
2024-07-26T16:53:30Z
Modified
2025-12-31T02:52:57.259829Z
Summary
Malicious code in companyx-metaflow (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (ec7089679a9c5637609b94cb606e78aa693a8bd224ba334ca46b3f48c54169c1)

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 
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        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/companyx-metaflow",
            "sha256": "0c9a6871a94f3a786cd5c59bab28c12b704777621b938606444f40dedc86def0",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.956389606Z",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/companyx-metaflow",
            "sha256": "ec7089679a9c5637609b94cb606e78aa693a8bd224ba334ca46b3f48c54169c1",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.145422268Z",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/companyx-metaflow",
            "sha256": "747e53b9a28e5a41c8b6107eeb5e20ec56bfd37dbb5d44da6f2fae2f928b5256",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1",
                "0.0.3",
                "0.0.2",
                "0.0.4",
                "0.0.5"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.284594506Z",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/companyx-metaflow",
            "sha256": "f56cf47a752be1887a9f15ecbb494ea28a7609d70474433d0a43f55c9df4b6f6",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1",
                "0.0.2",
                "0.0.3",
                "0.0.4",
                "0.0.5"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.276795679Z",
            "source": "kam193"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / companyx-metaflow

Package

Name
companyx-metaflow
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Purl
pkg:pypi/companyx-metaflow

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1
0.0.2
0.0.3
0.0.4
0.0.5

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/companyx-metaflow/MAL-2024-12249.json"