MAL-2025-4226

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    MAL-2025-4226

    Published: 26 Jul 2024Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in merpe (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (faca94094d9aee6f6c1cb44ef0429d261258fa7b12ee68d92a93c80054638561) Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose. 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-standard-pypi-install-pentest 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: merpe

    Purl: pkg:pypi/merpe

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.2.1
    MAL-2025-4226 | CVE-DB