MAL-2025-6458

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    MAL-2025-6458

    Published: 7 Jun 2025Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in atlasctf-21-prod-21 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (79c8505b253779798971bd98108a76e3e9ba4a7a590fa35b73eef9782c70616d) On installation or importing, the package attempts to exfiltrate some basic information, e.g. /etc/passwd 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: 2025-06-atlasctf Reasons (based on the campaign): - exfiltration-generic - 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/atlasctf-21-prod-21

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: atlasctf-21-prod-21

    Purl: pkg:pypi/atlasctf-21-prod-21

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    99.99.99
    99.99.99.1
    MAL-2025-6458 | CVE-DB