{"schema_version":"1.7.5","id":"MAL-2025-191791","published":"2025-11-14T17:22:38Z","modified":"2026-03-19T12:54:58.624311Z","summary":"Malicious code in minemeld-core (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (dfe7b8c00b3748b3fe38ffdf3bd69558abb58091ee3347d47003929976ceb457)\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":"minemeld-core","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/minemeld-core"},"versions":["0.9.31","0.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/minemeld-core/MAL-2025-191791.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/minemeld-core"}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/minemeld-core","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.213249059Z","modified_time":"2025-11-14T17:22:38.189053Z","sha256":"2e2f78a22a5b03be1348d7c22857f062788b83e17cf995955dc93ca37bda0d11","source":"kam193","versions":["0.9.31","0.0.0"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/minemeld-core","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.396861685Z","modified_time":"2025-11-14T17:22:38.189053Z","sha256":"dfe7b8c00b3748b3fe38ffdf3bd69558abb58091ee3347d47003929976ceb457","source":"kam193","versions":["0.9.31","0.0.0"]},{"id":"RLMA-2025-06575","import_time":"2025-12-24T10:07:30.798845186Z","modified_time":"2025-12-23T08:39:02Z","sha256":"252e425e15e2b598defc07336079de21a91f006ae0cbfcc7c7ecc744857b077f","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.9.31"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/minemeld-core","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.313749922Z","modified_time":"2025-11-14T17:22:38.189053Z","sha256":"c4676991268bd4e705388ed915b373d6493c729a962a8138b03bdb913cd0128b","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.0","0.9.31"]},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00522","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:04.707135871Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:16:06Z","sha256":"877e270dc927ff31ce9d829d7b47b1b32e7120921ce9e0297d9af9be9a8cd0ff","source":"reversing-labs"}]},"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}