hellopythopy

{"modified":"2026-03-19T12:23:25Z","published":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2024-11606","summary":"Malicious code in hellopythopy (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (9d4a25ed4b69dc1e63e0582d7ec37abf5fb0e5adb1e844dda88557faa06bd827)\nPackages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.\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-simple-tests\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"hellopythopy","purl":"pkg:pypi/hellopythopy"},"versions":["0.8.0","0.9.0","0.11.0","0.14.0","0.16.0","0.19.0","0.2.0","0.3.0","0.1.0","0.4.0","0.5.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hellopythopy"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"ANALYST","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":"43a94bfed11f79dfd78243d3200802c7d00c2d57970eacab989606f0bb179e1e","import_time":"2024-12-09T14:38:44.334994738Z","id":"RLMA-2024-11059","modified_time":"2024-12-09T06:50:22Z","versions":["0.8.0","0.9.0","0.11.0","0.14.0","0.16.0","0.19.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"07f1712190e0f9bc1ff94a4ec5e864dfa8cb65a3f2560019a11966ccf75fd71d","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.093846845Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopy","modified_time":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"9d4a25ed4b69dc1e63e0582d7ec37abf5fb0e5adb1e844dda88557faa06bd827","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.282189225Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopy","modified_time":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"3181f7e5aa889d0eea9caf2cea9d0be52c829f676de99bd493f11922898c51b3","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.419582854Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopy","modified_time":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","versions":["0.2.0","0.3.0","0.1.0","0.4.0","0.5.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"05a04c7f2cc96be81294da55c77d5758321ab422632c437b7b670b0c572eab06","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.295882122Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/hellopythopy","modified_time":"2024-08-23T22:55:41Z","versions":["0.1.0","0.2.0","0.3.0","0.4.0","0.5.0"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"966436b19d9e584ef16ad6ff04db34f1d580a44fc5652ca08818dd7a9fc30e10","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:51.300110626Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00384","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:14:35Z"}]}}