mal-2025-4665
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: kam193 (9640f0015404a6fff13b4e9bbb9e01d3d4f545a8ae8935dc95425a427c561576)
Generic campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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exfiltration-env-variables
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exfiltration-generic
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
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typosquatting
Source: ossf-package-analysis (ede9be184ad678c156e8b6fa9edc4acb9fba416bbb0f0a67b243da2476ea8e3f)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'grpc-google-bigtable-v2' @ 0.11.99 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
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The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
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The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "grpc-google-bigtable-v2"
},
"versions": [
"0.11.99"
]
}
],
"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": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"import_time": "2025-06-04T02:36:27.171815763Z",
"modified_time": "2025-06-04T02:35:49Z",
"sha256": "ede9be184ad678c156e8b6fa9edc4acb9fba416bbb0f0a67b243da2476ea8e3f",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"0.11.99"
]
},
{
"id": "RLMA-2025-03611",
"import_time": "2025-08-01T10:07:11.662070103Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-31T19:15:14Z",
"sha256": "4133c2dfc12e97646c8cd2927d819ed1fdcd52656b080407a12b28d6295f9dd3",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"0.11.99"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/grpc-google-bigtable-v2",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.229261021Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "fc0b270abbfe9d697c61881d94b198b88069a76825ca24a48d35425db14e9232",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/grpc-google-bigtable-v2",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.250073677Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "9640f0015404a6fff13b4e9bbb9e01d3d4f545a8ae8935dc95425a427c561576",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/GENERIC-questionable-pentest/grpc-google-bigtable-v2",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.515554212Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
"sha256": "ebc6b767fb6cd105f3a0771ef6a2c27b3d89a4242abdd0654af36c5fc8dee3f9",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.11.99"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (9640f0015404a6fff13b4e9bbb9e01d3d4f545a8ae8935dc95425a427c561576)\nGeneric campaign for all (likely) research / pentests, where the amount or art of collected data raises questions about the privacy, security and ethical side.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (ede9be184ad678c156e8b6fa9edc4acb9fba416bbb0f0a67b243da2476ea8e3f)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027grpc-google-bigtable-v2\u0027 @ 0.11.99 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-4665",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2024-09-06T11:29:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/grpc-google-bigtable-v2"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in grpc-google-bigtable-v2 (PyPI)"
}
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.