MAL-2025-49320

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    MAL-2025-49320

    Published: 2 Nov 2025Last Modified: 31 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in python-requirements-inspector (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (8f26b5cd7ab7cb6a847edc1afec2dc496ac0f0bd3f592f2a98391365298c4fc6) 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. Source: ossf-package-analysis (120f942e828e97f95448695e19e77003953dfc19d2010c361a02e8d62d2efe7e) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'python-requirements-inspector' @ 999.0.1 (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/python-requirements-inspector

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-requirements-inspector

    Purl: pkg:pypi/python-requirements-inspector

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    999.0.1
    999.0.0
    MAL-2025-49320 | CVE-DB