mathkitlite

GHSA-j3j9-38mp-8cf7

Malicious code in mathkitlite (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (c91a8962fd66464487bcdb5e2c217990cfdea55df22e7166c11703f91dfb7845)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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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.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/12bca1f0594f93971c4878ab61e8740229868314/osv/malicious/pypi/mathkitlite/MAL-2026-14552.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mathkitlite
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/12bca1f0594f93971c4878ab61e8740229868314/osv/malicious/pypi/mathkitlite/MAL-2026-14552.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3j9-38mp-8cf7

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.