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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

vinted-mocked-apis

GHSA-jgrw-w3x3-w5cp

Malicious code in vinted-mocked-apis (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 99.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (c71ab868e2ac254cfa135aa73c1ed19a3ddb1c82793efa3ff8466c3c5aa44b02)
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.

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (55332d91b2afbf62923f1d853c6df3a5c8f768797a3176effdecba07b91d4fbf)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'vinted-mocked-apis' @ 99.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/0d4bd0ec8892eff793b768838ee31d5318546025/osv/malicious/pypi/vinted-mocked-apis/MAL-2026-17943.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/vinted-mocked-apis
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/0d4bd0ec8892eff793b768838ee31d5318546025/osv/malicious/pypi/vinted-mocked-apis/MAL-2026-17943.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jgrw-w3x3-w5cp

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 99.0.0

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