mal-2025-191752
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-04-30 16:30
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in helmet-fastapi (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (c1f805932ecbcd95197e98c6e2336eb773252abf5615fe135076d1848cb90395)
Package contains hidden code adding a backdoor - a WebSocket path handler which will execute commands sent by an attacker knowing the path. In addition, it adds a log handler to remove related access logs.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-04-helmet-fastapi
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
backdoor
-
obfuscation
Credits
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "helmet-fastapi"
},
"versions": [
"1.2",
"1.3",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.2",
"1.3.3"
]
}
],
"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": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/2025-04-helmet-fastapi/helmet-fastapi",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.241295959Z",
"modified_time": "2025-04-30T16:30:07Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "cde4ad41115adb4e499fc7867383ebf986e62fcfc2492dbf3ca4937e16178ed9",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-04-helmet-fastapi/helmet-fastapi",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.264257026Z",
"modified_time": "2025-04-30T16:30:07Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "c1f805932ecbcd95197e98c6e2336eb773252abf5615fe135076d1848cb90395",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-04-helmet-fastapi/helmet-fastapi",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.526531323Z",
"modified_time": "2025-04-30T16:30:07Z",
"sha256": "4621e284dc1fd619aaafc15169540550f8e6e4405c01a66d44e1dec597cb4deb",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"1.2",
"1.3",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.2",
"1.3.3"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c1f805932ecbcd95197e98c6e2336eb773252abf5615fe135076d1848cb90395)\nPackage contains hidden code adding a backdoor - a WebSocket path handler which will execute commands sent by an attacker knowing the path. In addition, it adds a log handler to remove related access logs.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-04-helmet-fastapi\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - backdoor\n\n\n - obfuscation\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-191752",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2025-04-30T16:30:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/helmet-fastapi"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in helmet-fastapi (PyPI)"
}
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