check-codeowners

{"modified":"2026-03-19T12:23:25Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2024-11556","summary":"Malicious code in check-codeowners (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (946e4f02e3bc9fafb3561655eaaf71128a7a37469e09460b0b9f3f204e850185)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: 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.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"check-codeowners","purl":"pkg:pypi/check-codeowners"},"versions":["99.99.99"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/check-codeowners"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"ReversingLabs","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"2891d4044a7c4515368960de533c22c54ae57cb287e4606f546b0cd68fcd4fc8","import_time":"2024-12-09T14:38:42.217512913Z","id":"RLMA-2024-11002","modified_time":"2024-12-09T06:49:58Z","versions":["99.99.99"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"56b8eb45a4b5e2fd93a1b63cdc0d5b8923accd3b4deb51f0f1893bca87cddc14","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.940245924Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/check-codeowners","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"946e4f02e3bc9fafb3561655eaaf71128a7a37469e09460b0b9f3f204e850185","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.129857632Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/check-codeowners","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"f2484ad6104a24cd6557709b189b6f1f07dffadee57fed59e58e76b0e58de172","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.266774083Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/check-codeowners","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["99.99.99"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"64cf60bb4eca4078f18d3afd95900fcace0d825b9fa9eaf9c6108e119f44b88a","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:33.118000011Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00187","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:12:20Z"}]}}