mal-2024-12255
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-09-16 14:08
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in discord-api (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (3b55230c05e2303e965a53322d83ead8df66e188c696755b26efefd96192a144)
Package suggests being an api for discord. On importing the module, it attempts to find and exfiltrate leveldb databases from Discord apps and Chrome
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2024-09-old-discord-api
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
impersonation
-
dependency-confusion
-
files-exfiltration
Credits
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "discord-api"
},
"versions": [
"1.0.1"
]
}
],
"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"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"urls": [
"https://discord.com/api/webhooks/815048322414936075/SnIr7HTGb_Fr48thne92sW2MV2bVpT-OiTt275g50yFNzmD5y10qdetbcBCYH8IrurNq"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-old-discord-api/discord-api",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.101407712Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-16T14:08:13Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "3df9379d8893215c1f9e9f612c855e17f141e0993efa3cd8466c007843af0c38",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-old-discord-api/discord-api",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.112737388Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-16T14:08:13Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "3b55230c05e2303e965a53322d83ead8df66e188c696755b26efefd96192a144",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-old-discord-api/discord-api",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.398171493Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-16T14:08:13Z",
"sha256": "9c514de0b892f72b7a970d385518936be699371f9f9551060f2d546d6eb9a8f7",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"1.0.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3b55230c05e2303e965a53322d83ead8df66e188c696755b26efefd96192a144)\nPackage suggests being an api for discord. On importing the module, it attempts to find and exfiltrate leveldb databases from Discord apps and Chrome\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-09-old-discord-api\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - impersonation\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-12255",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:52Z",
"published": "2024-09-16T14:08:13Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/discord-api"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in discord-api (PyPI)"
}
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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