prateek-yadav23

{"modified":"2026-03-17T23:15:08Z","published":"2026-03-06T23:22:42Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-1277","summary":"Malicious code in prateek-yadav23 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e73aa57c13235ec4d3bcf7aa6139bb5a1bdbade9d72ae81a20c291766b9ac7ab)\nPackages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.\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":"prateek-yadav23"},"versions":["0.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/prateek-yadav23"}],"credits":[{"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":"e73aa57c13235ec4d3bcf7aa6139bb5a1bdbade9d72ae81a20c291766b9ac7ab","import_time":"2026-03-06T23:41:40.507861849Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/prateek-yadav23","modified_time":"2026-03-06T23:22:42.236631Z","versions":["0.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"218f0c45c6a75eef45f6e6c83cfb9f3ae79cef1a4d85d8b2d26e7bf5cfb5cd5d","import_time":"2026-03-17T23:12:59.436470958Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/prateek-yadav23","modified_time":"2026-03-06T23:22:42.236631Z","versions":["0.0.0"]}]}}