moveworks-capi-starter

{"schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-18122","published":"2026-10-21T11:27:55Z","modified":"2026-10-29T14:16:01.301867225Z","summary":"Malicious code in moveworks-capi-starter (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (82a1f2ebbd0f8423c7e02c1a9b0571cec02bd6d343b88583f6a85dd06a056a99)\nsetup.py overrides the install command to collect the installer's hostname and resolved local IP address and POST them as JSON to the hardcoded URL https://webhook.site/17a7df2e-3d56-4c5a-b7a9-9a95fe58a533 during `pip install`, tagged with the package name and version. The beacon fires unconditionally at install time with no user disclosure or opt-out, and the package itself provides no documented functionality — the shipped code is a proof-of-concept beacon with placeholder author metadata. The exfiltrated data is limited to host identifiers (hostname, IP) rather than credentials, but the install-time network callback to a third-party collector enables correlation of installations with the operator of the webhook endpoint.\n\n## Source: kam193 (2cd8f99409a87f01743f65f381fefa800176a29d47d6119743ae2bd0ce1f7583)\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":{"name":"moveworks-capi-starter","ecosystem":"PyPI"},"versions":["0.0.0","0.2.0"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"},{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"setup.py","sha256":"af05a3c2fdd17199c9398fd02451a2a71da220c5c869d0dc3f28d6804eb28cdd","tlsh":"89212383e8726074ea4320d0482744647683ba0f6f02ac5938cc47540fbe835e812655"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"moveworks_capi_starter-0.2.0.tar.gz","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"cf07b4df52ff332c639a2e9db5f62ed75400becd2a4b7a1b052e63a0e03d0619","md5":"652e5312fb8182ae2feeecb7b01d41e5","sha256":"58bfeeb04e1dde24310ed67a8d111bd8aed3dfed202d6d47b52a9d5b274cef55"}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/moveworks-capi-starter"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/moveworks-capi-starter/0.2.0/"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/moveworks-capi-starter/0.0.0/"}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/moveworks-capi-starter","import_time":"2026-10-21T12:26:20.424441073Z","modified_time":"2026-10-21T11:27:55.241822Z","sha256":"2cd8f99409a87f01743f65f381fefa800176a29d47d6119743ae2bd0ce1f7583","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.0","0.2.0"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-021884","import_time":"2026-10-29T13:37:14.948059522Z","modified_time":"2026-10-29T13:20:28Z","sha256":"82a1f2ebbd0f8423c7e02c1a9b0571cec02bd6d343b88583f6a85dd06a056a99","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["0.2.0"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-022108","import_time":"2026-10-29T14:14:26.514384821Z","modified_time":"2026-10-29T13:49:49Z","sha256":"f545c799f25a571c81c3fe151eaecdd942889ddb616698abfed31418e4228eae","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["0.0.0"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}