code-transfering-3

{"modified":"2026-01-21T20:21:24Z","published":"2026-01-21T20:21:24Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-445","summary":"Malicious code in code-transfering-3 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (949a505895a5dcb808074bcddc1a084d12cfadb4b999712b48e012ad455ce817)\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":"code-transfering-3"},"versions":["0.1"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/code-transfering-3"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"ANALYST","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/code-transfering-3","import_time":"2026-01-21T21:11:28.82588029Z","modified_time":"2026-01-21T20:21:24.495093Z","sha256":"949a505895a5dcb808074bcddc1a084d12cfadb4b999712b48e012ad455ce817","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1"]}]}}