MAL-2024-12326

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pitest117/MAL-2024-12326.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12326
Published
2024-08-23T22:55:41Z
Modified
2025-12-31T02:56:07.265516Z
Summary
Malicious code in pitest117 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (43f26cba5babf757388adacc9a7c7affeb182356ccf10416c13e9826e6eaf9a4)

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": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "c3bf9319a2e230bc6fa4d1aaa812a56ad10b5edf7e920d497f6d6ad10c2de256",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/pitest117",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.300871566Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "43f26cba5babf757388adacc9a7c7affeb182356ccf10416c13e9826e6eaf9a4",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/pitest117",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.489197151Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0",
                "1.0.1",
                "1.0.2",
                "1.0.3",
                "1.0.5",
                "1.0.4",
                "1.0.6",
                "1.0.7",
                "1.0.9",
                "1.0.8",
                "1.1.1",
                "1.1.2"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "76a9f39bd8a14389b4e9842a4d338e4528db058c52636750daab15fe6853642f",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/pitest117",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.604912551Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0",
                "1.0.1",
                "1.0.2",
                "1.0.3",
                "1.0.4",
                "1.0.5",
                "1.0.6",
                "1.0.7",
                "1.0.8",
                "1.0.9",
                "1.1.1",
                "1.1.2"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "cac4a1a98fc7a1e15789421f2ef9465d579ad5311120c79189e733a0dc767e3d",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/pitest117",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.329720696Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / pitest117

Package

Name
pitest117
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Purl
pkg:pypi/pitest117

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0
1.0.1
1.0.2
1.0.3
1.0.4
1.0.5
1.0.6
1.0.7
1.0.8
1.0.9
1.1.1
1.1.2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pitest117/MAL-2024-12326.json"