MAL-2025-191804

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/notary-client/MAL-2025-191804.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-191804
Published
2025-08-28T22:33:58Z
Modified
2025-12-31T02:55:59Z
Summary
Malicious code in notary-client (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (d6777fd3be7abdd8775b30e889a1bd66c4bef8af1794600867fc7292a8b9bcd0)

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": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/notary-client",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.254256348Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-08-28T22:33:58.612618Z",
            "sha256": "d8de45509e89902013530aa9a8b5af6caf7473d815fe252ce9fdba5129f78002",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "3.6.0",
                "3.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/notary-client",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.439129223Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-08-28T22:33:58.612618Z",
            "sha256": "d6777fd3be7abdd8775b30e889a1bd66c4bef8af1794600867fc7292a8b9bcd0",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "3.6.0",
                "3.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/notary-client",
            "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.32201261Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-08-28T22:33:58.612618Z",
            "sha256": "ed9cf15bb00b00b63f43241da9e110044f146584ab6ade99af199c0801e41878",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "3.0.0",
                "3.6.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / notary-client

Package

Name
notary-client
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Purl
pkg:pypi/notary-client

Affected ranges

Affected versions

3.*
3.0.0
3.6.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/notary-client/MAL-2025-191804.json"