MAL-2026-1284

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    MAL-2026-1284

    Published: 8 Mar 2026Last Modified: 8 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in demozecosso (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (ca3839025ccad67334436cff10b99fc2c407515ed2d9a4e146d11b253b356c8a) Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm. 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-simple-tests Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: demozecosso

    Purl: pkg:pypi/demozecosso

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.1