evil-py-argo-shell

{"modified":"2026-03-17T22:48:10Z","published":"2025-11-24T13:19:35Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-191722","summary":"Malicious code in evil-py-argo-shell (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (1739dfc040a7678b086f2ca5bab22249fcea3774fbf83c70a40b6427d6a847ee)\nPackage demonstrate potentially malicious execution of system commands, and seems to be used for pentesting purposes\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":"evil-py-argo-shell"},"versions":["0.1.2","0.1.1","0.1.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/evil-py-argo-shell"}],"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":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","sha256":"62a70f79e3901af2f9b191e6b6da470a4fa3588fdfdefe043cf145ff6b8bd24e","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.015696197Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/evil-py-argo-shell","modified_time":"2025-11-24T13:19:35.663911Z","versions":["0.1.2","0.1.1","0.1.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"1739dfc040a7678b086f2ca5bab22249fcea3774fbf83c70a40b6427d6a847ee","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.214513054Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/evil-py-argo-shell","modified_time":"2025-11-24T13:19:35.663911Z","versions":["0.1.2","0.1.1","0.1.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"211d2fa701e559dae3b4dee75be2f9b1e802ebd79ed5d98c038164473b01fa08","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.284750785Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/evil-py-argo-shell","modified_time":"2025-11-24T13:19:35.663911Z","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.2"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"5d1bf0a86f51282ab0606be0682316d0b7e4002c50df4060871628d5e76badbc","import_time":"2026-03-17T22:46:38.477695717Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/evil-py-argo-shell","modified_time":"2025-11-24T13:19:35.663911Z","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.2"]}]}}