MAL-2024-12288

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    MAL-2024-12288

    Published: 23 Aug 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in honestjson (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (e5703b401839f166c2d73a6e56aa7e747cf19b4035bba3f4c5aee116a41a344f) 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/honestjson

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: honestjson

    Purl: pkg:pypi/honestjson

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.3
    MAL-2024-12288 | CVE-DB