mal-2025-191871
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: kam193 (61ed09e2fa2143dedd945c585d917ad8d7b55d7118e5093430b48c5c02d126f8)
This campaign is built from two parts: 1) packages named like time-check-server, snapshot-photo contain an innocent-looking code that sends "date" to a remote server, 2) packages named like alicloud-client are clones of legit aliyun-python-sdk-core package, with a small change in the client.py code, where it imports the time-check-server and calls it, but instead of a date, the credentials to the cloud are exfiltrated. There are also variations with AWS clients
Apparently, the campaign started at least 2 years ago with the snapshot-photo package containing the same functionality as the newer time-check-server (see https://github.com/pypi-data/pypi-mirror-238/blob/code/packages/snapshot-photo/snapshot_photo-0.0.3-py3-none-any.whl/snapshot_photo/date_format.py).
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-02-alicloud-client
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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clones-real-package
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action-hidden-in-lib-usage
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The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package
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exfiltration-cloud-tokens
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "snapshot-photo"
},
"versions": [
"0.0.3"
]
}
],
"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": "ANALYST"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"domains": [
"checktimeserver.org",
"aliyun-sdk-requests.xyz"
],
"urls": [
"https://api.checktimeserver.org/",
"https://api.aliyun-sdk-requests.xyz/"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/2025-02-alicloud-client/snapshot-photo",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.57989082Z",
"modified_time": "2025-02-25T18:18:21Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "51f6cfdc6cf4953adad6f0d2eb04668ee7c505e7cbce7076c0313b8882e4d194",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-02-alicloud-client/snapshot-photo",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.624989132Z",
"modified_time": "2025-02-25T18:18:21Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "61ed09e2fa2143dedd945c585d917ad8d7b55d7118e5093430b48c5c02d126f8",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-02-alicloud-client/snapshot-photo",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.820334119Z",
"modified_time": "2025-02-25T18:18:21Z",
"sha256": "bcf303eecb263c63c9b73015f4d18ad34711dbca624aa0f694e1e5a84366b05e",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.0.3"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (61ed09e2fa2143dedd945c585d917ad8d7b55d7118e5093430b48c5c02d126f8)\nThis campaign is built from two parts:\n1) packages named like time-check-server, snapshot-photo contain an innocent-looking code that sends \"date\" to a remote server,\n2) packages named like alicloud-client are clones of legit aliyun-python-sdk-core package, with a small change in the client.py code, where it imports the time-check-server and calls it, but instead of a date, the credentials to the cloud are exfiltrated. There are also variations with AWS clients\n\nApparently, the campaign started at least 2 years ago with the snapshot-photo package containing the same functionality as the newer time-check-server (see https://github.com/pypi-data/pypi-mirror-238/blob/code/packages/snapshot-photo/snapshot_photo-0.0.3-py3-none-any.whl/snapshot_photo/date_format.py).\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-02-alicloud-client\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n\n - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package\n\n\n - exfiltration-cloud-tokens\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-191871",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:54Z",
"published": "2025-02-25T18:18:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypi-data/pypi-mirror-238/blob/code/packages/snapshot-photo/snapshot_photo-0.0.3-py3-none-any.whl/snapshot_photo/date_format.py"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://x.com/ReversingLabs/status/1900198602242204003"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/malicious-pypi-packages-stole-cloud.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/snapshot-photo"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in snapshot-photo (PyPI)"
}
Sightings
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