f5rest

{"modified":"2025-12-18T19:50:55Z","published":"2025-12-18T19:50:55Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-192609","summary":"Malicious code in f5rest (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (f8084e3c4c369a7dc22b67657aa22f3faf8e9b98df2721c9ff4e4c17d36fe028)\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":"f5rest"},"versions":["99.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/f5rest"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/f5rest","import_time":"2025-12-18T20:37:39.793917888Z","modified_time":"2025-12-18T19:50:55.322365Z","sha256":"f8084e3c4c369a7dc22b67657aa22f3faf8e9b98df2721c9ff4e4c17d36fe028","source":"kam193","versions":["99.0.0"]}]}}