MAL-2024-12288

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/honestjson/MAL-2024-12288.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12288
Published
2024-08-23T22:55:41Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:40:02.652971Z
Summary
Malicious code in honestjson (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (e5703b401839f166c2d73a6e56aa7e747cf19b4035bba3f4c5aee116a41a344f)

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": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/honestjson",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.1002453Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "0d03da598e8b29bb0a20cb9142c153d5eb8519e81f73bba9ff6a0ace1eb8037b"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/honestjson",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.288103413Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "e5703b401839f166c2d73a6e56aa7e747cf19b4035bba3f4c5aee116a41a344f"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/honestjson",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.426507079Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.3"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "b9a8cc3b1e77f2756deb2481bb3e82d341320d126283dd2c1bab621f3cbefabc"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / honestjson

Package

Name
honestjson
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Purl
pkg:pypi/honestjson

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/honestjson/MAL-2024-12288.json"