mal-2025-3744
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-05-10 13:26
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in program-admin (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (79810d0cd56c8a3266dcbe5827dd3d27eb976b353c7b17940a29dddc602df4f7)
Packages that seem to be created by a legit bug bounty hunter. Designed to look like created by different organisations, they contain a couple of data exfiltration (including all env variables) and potential remote code execution (though the URL seems not to serve any code).
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-05-sl4x01
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.
-
exfiltration-env-variables
-
impersonation
Source: ossf-package-analysis (21aafd5a731c66af3cff57a98bb892d950cddfafcd204ecc3e41c0a0f3de3864)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'program-admin' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Credits
OpenSSF: Package Analysis
github.com/ossf/package-analysis
openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis
ReversingLabs
www.reversinglabs.com
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "program-admin"
},
"versions": [
"0.0.1",
"1.0.1"
]
}
],
"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": "REPORTER"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis",
"https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
],
"name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
"type": "FINDER"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://www.reversinglabs.com"
],
"name": "ReversingLabs",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"domains": [
"sl4x0.xyz"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"import_time": "2025-05-12T00:25:55.219289234Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-10T13:26:02Z",
"sha256": "21aafd5a731c66af3cff57a98bb892d950cddfafcd204ecc3e41c0a0f3de3864",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"0.0.1"
]
},
{
"import_time": "2025-05-12T00:25:55.291118846Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-10T13:32:50Z",
"sha256": "ad48dea0126bca950dde55265af75dec3bbb99b271292ebb35022f5176c3ed5d",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"1.0.1"
]
},
{
"id": "RLMA-2025-02584",
"import_time": "2025-05-22T14:06:36.505656559Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-22T12:33:40Z",
"sha256": "d1fd50a04ffab4bea06c36d070a2837e6c08abd652837fccf8ce416c27f37eb8",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"0.0.1",
"1.0.1"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-05-sl4x01/program-admin",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.446901991Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-10T17:59:53Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "59224052106012b3930c4886c7d89df1b9395683bcce1256aabcfa9038e7987c",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-05-sl4x01/program-admin",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.469808451Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-10T17:59:53Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "79810d0cd56c8a3266dcbe5827dd3d27eb976b353c7b17940a29dddc602df4f7",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-05-sl4x01/program-admin",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.684549937Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-10T17:59:53Z",
"sha256": "5feeb5216a7894e29bb2891c20de5fd9fdb80aa3b224d4bd051890eb827d7b0c",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.0.1",
"1.0.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (79810d0cd56c8a3266dcbe5827dd3d27eb976b353c7b17940a29dddc602df4f7)\nPackages that seem to be created by a legit bug bounty hunter. Designed to look like created by different organisations, they contain a couple of data exfiltration (including all env variables) and potential remote code execution (though the URL seems not to serve any code).\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-05-sl4x01\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 - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n - impersonation\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (21aafd5a731c66af3cff57a98bb892d950cddfafcd204ecc3e41c0a0f3de3864)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027program-admin\u0027 @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-3744",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2025-05-10T13:26:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/sl4x0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/program-admin"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in program-admin (PyPI)"
}
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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