vsc-config

{"modified":"2026-03-19T12:23:26Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2024-11748","summary":"Malicious code in vsc-config (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c2ec1c70e372eda0ea5a9836df505e286be87f7259eb91e6b3d2fb81928dbcba)\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":"vsc-config","purl":"pkg:pypi/vsc-config"},"versions":["4.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/vsc-config"}],"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":"0d2a2aad15094a4c9500633cce8162c21706d47537e3626f883ad780ffc6ebf6","import_time":"2024-12-09T14:38:51.10906992Z","id":"RLMA-2024-11209","modified_time":"2024-12-09T06:51:28Z","versions":["4.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"0dae2b42fd0a9c5024b8546985b5717e8d8b96bbea8995c3395828431cd0c58e","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.492599247Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/vsc-config","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"c2ec1c70e372eda0ea5a9836df505e286be87f7259eb91e6b3d2fb81928dbcba","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.674833795Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/vsc-config","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"e14383d7af409f89c91fa528da75814caa5a523eef7d6b05fdda4f3bd29faf93","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.769831259Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/vsc-config","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["4.0.0"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"a84b6575f32d842152de89b2c08ed9e4fe55a461b0145a9fc814c2d17879a073","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:41.496689907Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00898","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:20:17Z"}]}}