VYPR

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

network-utils-simple

MAL-2025-191803

Malicious code in network-utils-simple (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (1fd943d3243197ac153b2623548e62b4225a59f611cf13fe962bc3ced369a32d)
During installation, there is an attempt to download and execute code. The package has no real functionality.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2025-02-network-utils-simple


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

Compromised versions (19)

  • 1.3.3
  • 1.3.2
  • 1.3.8
  • 1.0.0
  • 1.1.0
  • 1.2.1
  • 1.2.2
  • 1.2.3
  • 1.2.4
  • 1.2.5
  • 1.2.6
  • 1.2.9
  • 1.2.7
  • 1.2.8
  • 1.3.0
  • 1.3.4
  • 1.3.5
  • 1.3.6
  • 1.3.7

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