mal-2025-1980
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-01-21 18:27
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in mlc-ai-nightly (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (7f1b0b9f87631941501e2d04d9eab7f1cd7232f770812e3373b736f9e682dc2a)

Installing the package exfiltrates information about the host, including environmental variables.


Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2025-01-mlc-ai-nightly

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • dependency-confusion


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "mlc-ai-nightly",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/mlc-ai-nightly"
      },
      "versions": [
        "9.9.9",
        "9.9.99",
        "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": "ANALYST"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "depcon.buzz"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-01221",
        "import_time": "2025-03-03T15:07:15.711773495Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-03-03T13:45:00Z",
        "sha256": "f2f2448a6e809b5652703a01b26ffa3f9bbb65e24c7787af16dec2b2202b1014",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "9.9.9",
          "9.9.99"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-01-mlc-ai-nightly/mlc-ai-nightly",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.341505512Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-01-21T18:27:56Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "41a95be29005f697d7d9b8e181b8c826ef6f44d7236ccf86e7625a94730ff564",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-01-mlc-ai-nightly/mlc-ai-nightly",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.371016637Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-01-21T18:27:56Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "7f1b0b9f87631941501e2d04d9eab7f1cd7232f770812e3373b736f9e682dc2a",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-01-mlc-ai-nightly/mlc-ai-nightly",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.59699036Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-01-21T18:27:56Z",
        "sha256": "6f224462b0e3f2708463ba91241645578b5beb72fc7e1f515257a5917e1a079e",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.1",
          "9.9.9",
          "9.9.99"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (7f1b0b9f87631941501e2d04d9eab7f1cd7232f770812e3373b736f9e682dc2a)\nInstalling the package exfiltrates information about the host, including environmental variables.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-01-mlc-ai-nightly\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-1980",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2025-01-21T18:27:56Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mlc-ai-nightly"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in mlc-ai-nightly (PyPI)"
}


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