MAL-2025-6010

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    MAL-2025-6010

    Published: 20 Jul 2025Last Modified: 31 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in ruamel-poc (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (1381375ccfff8dc10b3416284ac4a9a91c69bb2d5e7b652a2df24a64f4c5d512) 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 (8535b01286f7d33300d915d21bc5749c799fbac77f8bc63a9592c9e46afc1b3d) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'ruamel-poc' @ 0.17.16 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity. - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruamel-poc

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ruamel-poc

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.17.16
    MAL-2025-6010 | CVE-DB