MAL-2024-10044

    Dashboard / Malicious Package / MAL-2024-10044

    MAL-2024-10044

    Published: 5 Aug 2024Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in mecit3 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (3b0998e3b9d6f9e46cd475fa5a18c38a48f7e3e72d02350d7431375fad7dd871) Package uses the template from https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip to explore building malicious PyPI packages. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete 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. - Package uses simple pre-prepared tools to create a low-quality malicious action.

    References: https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mecit3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mecit3

    Purl: pkg:pypi/mecit3

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0