mal-2025-191729
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: kam193 (8c4753ee44e481f1f689cfaeddcddaef8dcdf86fbb1db19b3fe0acc2fadac305)
It's a clone of "loguru" package which on import loads a second-stage script from loguru[.]guru. This makes a few checks and downloads the next stage, which is a code obfuscated with PyArmor with unclear behaviour.
The way the malicious code has been embedded could be called a "sophisticated" threat. The code is in the _logger.py in two places: the payload in L2242 as a long string constraint of only whitespaces, which are then transformed into bits and bytes, and later compiled and executed using "types.FunctionType" during initialisation of Core class.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-07-loquru
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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typosquatting
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obfuscation
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clones-real-package
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Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "flashsimplelogger"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.2.0"
]
}
],
"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": {
"domains": [
"loguru.guru"
],
"urls": [
"https://loguru.guru/version/is_match_revision",
"https://loguru.guru/version/code"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/2025-07-loquru/flashsimplelogger",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.197616772Z",
"modified_time": "2025-08-05T16:11:02.979601Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "4e15e4d836902748ddc1299d65d490003096ba69cc7a42f9aa54a08616c99616",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-07-loquru/flashsimplelogger",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.206681709Z",
"modified_time": "2025-08-05T16:11:02.979601Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "8c4753ee44e481f1f689cfaeddcddaef8dcdf86fbb1db19b3fe0acc2fadac305",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-07-loquru/flashsimplelogger",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.491355503Z",
"modified_time": "2025-08-05T16:11:02.979601Z",
"sha256": "29b910f6bee20818c26414d261dfd8f0c9a0e6cf428265e3497a31ec16302b94",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.2.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (8c4753ee44e481f1f689cfaeddcddaef8dcdf86fbb1db19b3fe0acc2fadac305)\nIt\u0027s a clone of \"loguru\" package which on import loads a second-stage script from loguru[.]guru. This makes a few checks and downloads the next stage, which is a code obfuscated with PyArmor with unclear behaviour.\n\nThe way the malicious code has been embedded could be called a \"sophisticated\" threat. The code is in the _logger.py in two places: the payload in L2242 as a long string constraint of only whitespaces, which are then transformed into bits and bytes, and later compiled and executed using \"types.FunctionType\" during initialisation of Core class.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-loquru\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-191729",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2025-08-05T16:11:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Delgan/loguru/issues/1363"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/flashsimplelogger"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in flashsimplelogger (PyPI)"
}
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