vcdiff-py

{"modified":"2026-03-19T12:23:26Z","published":"2025-08-21T15:31:47Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-47811","summary":"Malicious code in vcdiff-py (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d15d16ed1fc3a2984f207f6b4cf5fbea00fc66ecbf61a57faee650730aaf5c9d)\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":"vcdiff-py","purl":"pkg:pypi/vcdiff-py"},"versions":["2.2.0","2.1.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/vcdiff-py"}],"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":"c25064bd810eff9dbee5053aa59fc9d23dbb528fc62d22af7edd06b2acd46440","import_time":"2025-09-26T11:05:36.728933098Z","id":"RLMA-2025-04821","modified_time":"2025-09-26T09:14:45Z","versions":["2.2.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"3b86ebc1dd7012cae098cb59e747b3eb206294fa6e82bd0600c7d77ea5a99b7d","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.488095036Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/vcdiff-py","modified_time":"2025-08-21T15:31:47.97793Z","versions":["2.2.0","2.1.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"d15d16ed1fc3a2984f207f6b4cf5fbea00fc66ecbf61a57faee650730aaf5c9d","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.669249427Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/vcdiff-py","modified_time":"2025-08-21T15:31:47.97793Z","versions":["2.2.0","2.1.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"0f10fa335a609974b19cdbbf889af8dfc2f06759d86435436e851f528bad917c","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.364634009Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/vcdiff-py","modified_time":"2025-08-21T15:31:47.97793Z","versions":["2.1.0","2.2.0"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"e7b40be4b4cab3bd0ae81f32060e4839030904a58bcc66e2428b90cc95d18730","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:39.939629371Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00884","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:20:07Z"}]}}