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🛡️ MAL-2023-8768 — newpackagetest2028

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

Malicious code in newpackagetest2028 (PyPI)

Source: kam193

Packages either test the malicious behaviour, or actually download and run a simple remote script during the installation.

Category: 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.

Campaign: 2023-12-valuent

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

Source: ossf-package-analysis

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'newpackagetest2028' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Affected software

MAL-2023-8768 is recorded against 1 package.

  • newpackagetest2028

Timeline and source

Published on 25 December 2023 and last revised on 12 December 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

bad-packages.kam193.eu (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-12-25
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-12-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
newpackagetest2028 — —

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