MAL-2024-10355

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    MAL-2024-10355

    Published: 5 Nov 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in bytekafka (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (32c6550914bf83f03b46acf778161efaee327dd537aa2ce0b6fbc53584c854f4) A campaign of probably pentest packages flooding PYPI. Installing the package or importing the module triggers reporting basic info like hostname, path and the username to the package author. There is no other purpose of the package. 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: 2024-11-byted-dast 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. - typosquatting - dependency-confusion Source: ossf-package-analysis (dbfd2a12ff91b5671296af36374207f6088d354cc6e39df805bc7bce975abc33) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'bytekafka' @ 99.7 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/bytekafka

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bytekafka

    Purl: pkg:pypi/bytekafka

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    99.7
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