MAL-2024-12344

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/shiva-rao23/MAL-2024-12344.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12344
Published
2024-08-23T22:55:41Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:42:19.812907Z
Summary
Malicious code in shiva-rao23 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (547111e4f321ae5a7e00fdb3d22ee785be4cfff6d16243510d4579232351e895)

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": [
        {
            "sha256": "c5f82fd326e4f3f37de56741ba7f4764bd490622fba4a55b02fcebecd92fe693",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/shiva-rao23",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.400588861Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "547111e4f321ae5a7e00fdb3d22ee785be4cfff6d16243510d4579232351e895",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/shiva-rao23",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.586997482Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "528195657df3feeb5583e96a73fa650df99cbfa254d1efb03eeb1a2931a8b381",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/shiva-rao23",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.690052765Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / shiva-rao23

Package

Name
shiva-rao23
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Purl
pkg:pypi/shiva-rao23

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/shiva-rao23/MAL-2024-12344.json"