MAL-2025-41435

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/initialtestingdonotpull1235/MAL-2025-41435.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-41435
Published
2025-08-23T17:50:44Z
Modified
2025-12-03T00:25:08.487511Z
Summary
Malicious code in initialtestingdonotpull1235 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (638020a87c6e1aaf4b8542a5b20723a6ed900b986bfd407c8bf55aad3016933f)

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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (a9622e8d5bdc036e8502ca1158478c805862e882dc7a27f493b01dff9ae76115)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'initialtestingdonotpull1235' @ 3.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2025-08-27T06:08:19.810783229Z",
            "sha256": "a9622e8d5bdc036e8502ca1158478c805862e882dc7a27f493b01dff9ae76115",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "modified_time": "2025-08-23T17:50:44Z",
            "versions": [
                "3.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/initialtestingdonotpull1235",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.122717177Z",
            "sha256": "ec2eaf178a4fdaf3ce8ed1037695ce3d903c6b425b714026bc3ed26980ec6673",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-08-23T17:54:47.684923Z",
            "versions": [
                "3.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/initialtestingdonotpull1235",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.310327552Z",
            "sha256": "638020a87c6e1aaf4b8542a5b20723a6ed900b986bfd407c8bf55aad3016933f",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-08-23T17:54:47.684923Z",
            "versions": [
                "3.0.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / initialtestingdonotpull1235

Package

Name
initialtestingdonotpull1235
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Purl
pkg:pypi/initialtestingdonotpull1235

Affected ranges

Affected versions

3.*
3.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/initialtestingdonotpull1235/MAL-2025-41435.json"