mal-2024-9408
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-10-16 21:12
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in j5gerggnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (3b948e846f1817c6c72336ef38aac1149d25e0e40dc903eef60f7af4f3625e1f)
According to the description, packages should demonstrate the dependency confusion attack. The realisation is, in fact, a spamming with packages having as the only purpose reporting basic data like hostname and current working directory.
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: 2024-10-lokopoil23
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- dependency-confusion
Source: ossf-package-analysis (ec514f3b1444b6e201642b0d2fbf478cafc99eaab3d7db4885d0a75e298abb20)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'j5gerggnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Credits
OpenSSF: Package Analysis
github.com/ossf/package-analysis
openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis
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"affected": [
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"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "j5gerggnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p"
},
"versions": [
"0.0.1"
]
}
],
"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"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis",
"https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
],
"name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"domains": [
"3gkkr6u2z1a9rinocp0ue4tw1n7ev4jt.oastify.com"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"import_time": "2024-10-17T12:08:25.297664745Z",
"modified_time": "2024-10-17T11:45:52Z",
"sha256": "ec514f3b1444b6e201642b0d2fbf478cafc99eaab3d7db4885d0a75e298abb20",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"0.0.1"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-10-lokopoil23/j5gerggnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.130666663Z",
"modified_time": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "c0d5035efef6512982eee29a729ab382ae17bdaafd84745a28c19c347e19769a",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-10-lokopoil23/j5gerggnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.318824943Z",
"modified_time": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
"ranges": [
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"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "3b948e846f1817c6c72336ef38aac1149d25e0e40dc903eef60f7af4f3625e1f",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-10-lokopoil23/j5gerggnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.450977718Z",
"modified_time": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
"sha256": "f785864a73e797a59c985a5b9650524eb4c3106d2542457d93d15a286fdae505",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.0.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3b948e846f1817c6c72336ef38aac1149d25e0e40dc903eef60f7af4f3625e1f)\nAccording to the description, packages should demonstrate the dependency confusion attack. The realisation is, in fact, a spamming with packages having as the only purpose reporting basic data like hostname and current working directory.\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: 2024-10-lokopoil23\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (ec514f3b1444b6e201642b0d2fbf478cafc99eaab3d7db4885d0a75e298abb20)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027j5gerggnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p\u0027 @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-9408",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/j5gerggnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in j5gerggnpuiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0p (PyPI)"
}
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