MAL-2024-12326

    Dashboard / Malicious Package / MAL-2024-12326

    MAL-2024-12326

    Published: 23 Aug 2024Last Modified: 31 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in pitest117 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (43f26cba5babf757388adacc9a7c7affeb182356ccf10416c13e9826e6eaf9a4) 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/pitest117

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pitest117

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pitest117

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    1.0.1
    1.0.2
    1.0.3
    1.0.5
    1.0.4
    1.0.6
    1.0.7
    1.0.9
    1.0.8
    MAL-2024-12326 | CVE-DB