MAL-2025-6579

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    MAL-2025-6579

    Published: 31 Jul 2025Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in runway-python (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (ab69fc94c1b9d37312b22a4c970856a3b27f84b4f7e957ff2771a2244a527264) 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 (565db55064e7acb20e69d3ebb2ac7ae1fb4ad9c38401d9f9dd49a58792bedc5c) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'runway-python' @ 999.0.0 (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/runway-python

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: runway-python

    Purl: pkg:pypi/runway-python

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.1
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