mal-2024-9409
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-10-16 21:12
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (d91b80430038c8f338d63c0fdb59ffe1bf16f35b1885fcf8c197b70078f980bb)

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 (8c86ce5153d87458c534613605bc7080b88c28ebf2ea30c12fe8c576f28624c3)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef"
      },
      "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": "2024-10-17T12:08:25.499326996Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-17T12:05:49Z",
        "sha256": "8c86ce5153d87458c534613605bc7080b88c28ebf2ea30c12fe8c576f28624c3",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-lokopoil23/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.131517433Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "ac082d40cb76822b485465bb431b73dec4f7e724dbe382375db435608f4033ab",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-lokopoil23/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.319833898Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "d91b80430038c8f338d63c0fdb59ffe1bf16f35b1885fcf8c197b70078f980bb",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-10-lokopoil23/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.451955313Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
        "sha256": "85fdb7ce03c933604e80eada1e61943e56365a074288d2e925929649dcab4348",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d91b80430038c8f338d63c0fdb59ffe1bf16f35b1885fcf8c197b70078f980bb)\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 (8c86ce5153d87458c534613605bc7080b88c28ebf2ea30c12fe8c576f28624c3)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef\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-2024-9409",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2024-10-16T21:12:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef (PyPI)"
}


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