faker-python

{"modified":"2025-12-31T02:45:15Z","published":"2025-11-02T23:05:33Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-49310","summary":"Malicious code in faker-python (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (2d88bf5533b182da36c514791c3e6841d83565d4d7f7065a09cdebddc2509453)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (de8fcd89ceac4710fb35902553838b859dfcfcee125fb2abea28362019be0ce9)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'faker-python' @ 999.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"faker-python"},"versions":["999.0.0","999.0.1","0.0.1"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/faker-python"}],"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":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"]},{"name":"ReversingLabs","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"de8fcd89ceac4710fb35902553838b859dfcfcee125fb2abea28362019be0ce9","import_time":"2025-11-02T23:05:46.421087903Z","modified_time":"2025-11-02T23:05:33Z","versions":["999.0.0"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"84da54c8c6721b70f369fa120a28d33900181267eda0ecc6e7e07528045d0ccd","import_time":"2025-12-02T09:09:36.555227761Z","id":"RLMA-2025-05594","modified_time":"2025-12-01T12:54:16Z","versions":["999.0.0","999.0.1"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"8ca82c10022b07df9cb6d95664509def989bb9a9de2ba3aae946f703a4142131","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.026158683Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/faker-python","modified_time":"2025-11-03T06:20:54.817187Z","versions":["999.0.1","999.0.0","0.0.1"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"2d88bf5533b182da36c514791c3e6841d83565d4d7f7065a09cdebddc2509453","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.224725746Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/faker-python","modified_time":"2025-11-03T06:20:54.817187Z","versions":["999.0.1","999.0.0","0.0.1"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"72b76e29dc7998e9c9ad7c660adbabc145f846c6a49c1a4f78e86a9e877a6a96","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.287893896Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/faker-python","modified_time":"2025-11-03T06:20:54.817187Z","versions":["0.0.1","999.0.0","999.0.1"]}]}}