{"schema_version":"1.7.5","id":"MAL-2025-6579","published":"2025-07-31T19:16:19Z","modified":"2026-03-19T12:56:49.458036Z","summary":"Malicious code in runway-python (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (ab69fc94c1b9d37312b22a4c970856a3b27f84b4f7e957ff2771a2244a527264)\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 (565db55064e7acb20e69d3ebb2ac7ae1fb4ad9c38401d9f9dd49a58792bedc5c)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'runway-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":{"name":"runway-python","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/runway-python"},"versions":["0.0.1","999.0.0","999.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/runway-python/MAL-2025-6579.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/runway-python"}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"RLMA-2025-03678","import_time":"2025-08-01T10:07:13.633857756Z","modified_time":"2025-07-31T19:16:19Z","sha256":"941e933ab612d3bebffcf1c501fc27de5ded3121e8516cbdbe543a514823be2e","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["0.0.1"]},{"import_time":"2025-11-02T23:34:47.592123288Z","modified_time":"2025-11-02T23:10:37Z","sha256":"565db55064e7acb20e69d3ebb2ac7ae1fb4ad9c38401d9f9dd49a58792bedc5c","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["999.0.0"]},{"import_time":"2025-11-02T23:34:47.87747407Z","modified_time":"2025-11-02T23:20:28Z","sha256":"99fe0a6c8206948cff292948efcdfea03d31a23852a9031662c32773cf3419ce","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["999.0.1"]},{"id":"RLUA-2025-05637","import_time":"2025-12-02T09:09:59.65150295Z","modified_time":"2025-12-01T12:55:01Z","sha256":"dc36e55f799568c3352b59426a04886afaeadd7a554e3f7c83f32e93ed3621f3","source":"reversing-labs","versions":["999.0.0","999.0.1"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/runway-python","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.384242101Z","modified_time":"2025-11-03T06:21:37.074739Z","sha256":"bd362f651f8b63f7dce107027deca96802c6e6b362c8552fe35a4ebc57966d97","source":"kam193","versions":["999.0.1","999.0.0","0.0.1"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/runway-python","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.571528838Z","modified_time":"2025-11-03T06:21:37.074739Z","sha256":"ab69fc94c1b9d37312b22a4c970856a3b27f84b4f7e957ff2771a2244a527264","source":"kam193","versions":["999.0.1","999.0.0","0.0.1"]},{"id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/runway-python","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.345785251Z","modified_time":"2025-11-03T06:21:37.074739Z","sha256":"df207ff32989791c054aa64e43f8438c2fc6020322ee5e9ffe6b4d5502157803","source":"kam193","versions":["0.0.1","999.0.0","999.0.1"]},{"id":"RLUA-2026-00739","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:25.737441813Z","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:18:35Z","sha256":"a74543e4f56de9066221e355bd7c3613a6c356d2351264596681f4b8830af25c","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":"ANALYST"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}