mal-2025-2993
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-03-04 10:02
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in pythonhttp (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (3ed5759c2260c5467724f053f3d59eac62f5491fc2d03350fef0a6f832652e3b)
Installing the package starts a heavily obfuscated Powershell Script that attempts to (at least) overwrite copied crypto wallets
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-03-pythonhttp
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
-
obfuscation
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malware
-
crypto-related
Credits
ReversingLabs
www.reversinglabs.com
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "pythonhttp",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/pythonhttp"
},
"versions": [
"0.1",
"1.0.4"
]
}
],
"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": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "RLMA-2025-01992",
"import_time": "2025-03-31T07:07:06.549163703Z",
"modified_time": "2025-03-28T13:06:08Z",
"sha256": "6a122a77250072d59a6c30b2481a19b1b841182f8531a7007131dd824324c4b1",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"0.1",
"1.0.4"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-03-pythonhttp/pythonhttp",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.497664702Z",
"modified_time": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "47baf933e5681e0c9ccded4eb43838eba6471b269f6d6931be73a7ad98d38974",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-03-pythonhttp/pythonhttp",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.522521497Z",
"modified_time": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "3ed5759c2260c5467724f053f3d59eac62f5491fc2d03350fef0a6f832652e3b",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-03-pythonhttp/pythonhttp",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.740957417Z",
"modified_time": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
"sha256": "9f890dd2f7a693f0c2fe632b76bd7d111480dab1a6200c6671731ce0b5161f07",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"1.0.4"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (3ed5759c2260c5467724f053f3d59eac62f5491fc2d03350fef0a6f832652e3b)\nInstalling the package starts a heavily obfuscated Powershell Script that attempts to (at least) overwrite copied crypto wallets\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-03-pythonhttp\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - malware\n\n\n - crypto-related\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-2993",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2025-03-04T10:02:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pythonhttp"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in pythonhttp (PyPI)"
}
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