MAL-2026-1285

    Dashboard / Malicious Package / MAL-2026-1285

    MAL-2026-1285

    Published: 8 Mar 2026Last Modified: 8 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in demozecox (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (b32c6e6d2566a58b9a104d162c060982bff488fa547fb706c43553d0b7185ccb) 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/demozecox

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: demozecox

    Purl: pkg:pypi/demozecox

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.0