MAL-2024-12253

    Dashboard / Malicious Package / MAL-2024-12253

    MAL-2024-12253

    Published: 23 Aug 2024Last Modified: 17 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in dependency00011124931 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (8fa6dafeedc48e6511a70676806da412d047f7f235f471a29c98afb9931cbbf2) 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.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/dependency00011124931

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dependency00011124931

    Purl: pkg:pypi/dependency00011124931

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.1