VYPR

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

evil-pkg2

MAL-2025-2961

Malicious code in evil-pkg2 (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (d1e1a7a65c4f1287f792371642eb66734028aa9dc7ffc50adde9b551e082bdb1)
Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.


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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-simple-tests


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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

Compromised versions (2)

  • 0.2
  • 0.3

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