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MAL-2025-47797

Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages

Published

2025-08-27 09:09

Modified

2026-03-19 12:23

Summary

Malicious code in python-dateitil (PyPI)

Details

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Source: kam193 (f7d09226c2d76a03909b10c844a44149abf2606a5f1f55232ee7620580835787)

Package consist of a revshell only. The effective danger is low as it's clearly designed to connect to a localhost only and be used as awareness.

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: 2025-08-python-dateitil

Reasons (based on the campaign):

typosquatting
The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) github.com/kam193 bad-packages.kam193.eu/

ReversingLabs www.reversinglabs.com

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "python-dateitil",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/python-dateitil"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.1.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-04804",
        "import_time": "2025-09-26T11:05:35.619530766Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-09-26T09:14:29Z",
        "sha256": "b4f5db77eb7b6407fc4bffd35b7d4c4b1bfbdc3fdf7b7bc155ecfaaab693e73b",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.2"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-08-python-dateitil/python-dateitil",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.336313038Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-08-27T09:09:27.653501Z",
        "sha256": "07e335e1dfcc04360bbc65bfec95429d985ae8989aacd22b9bbffdde8c1ab3eb",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.2"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-08-python-dateitil/python-dateitil",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.526057811Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-08-27T09:09:27.653501Z",
        "sha256": "f7d09226c2d76a03909b10c844a44149abf2606a5f1f55232ee7620580835787",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.2"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "RLUA-2026-00656",
        "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:20:17.741951415Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:17:43Z",
        "sha256": "29db1111a20ffcd79894d736ead141458777c1d9aa591e744f02bc11eef64a98",
        "source": "reversing-labs"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (f7d09226c2d76a03909b10c844a44149abf2606a5f1f55232ee7620580835787)\nPackage consist of a revshell only. The effective danger is low as it\u0027s clearly designed to connect to a localhost only and be used as awareness.\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 \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-08-python-dateitil\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim\u0027s machine.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-47797",
  "modified": "2026-03-19T12:23:26Z",
  "published": "2025-08-27T09:09:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-dateitil"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in python-dateitil (PyPI)"
}

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