MAL-2025-1514 Malicious code in ninjainjtest1337 (PyPI)
- Package
- ninjainjtest1337
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2025-1514?
MAL-2025-1514 is a malicious package in ninjainjtest1337, published on 23 Aug 2024.
Official description
Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.
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: GENERIC-simple-tests
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'ninjainjtest1337' @ 0.1.5 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
What should I do about MAL-2025-1514?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.