mal-2025-5126
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-05-18 00:05
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in readmecolorama (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (4f74e374afe61cdaa52e0c651ae413abc94b50cd15de263a9d247de21bfc6fa1)

Importing the module starts download and running a remote executable, identified as malware by AVs


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

Campaign: 2025-05-coloramashowtemp

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • malware


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "readmecolorama",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/readmecolorama"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "SNYK-PYTHON-READMECOLORAMA-10305013"
  ],
  "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://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "urls": [
        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/s7bhme/gg/refs/heads/main/x69gg.exe",
        "https://github.com/s7bhme/gg/raw/refs/heads/main/x69gg.exe",
        "https://github.com/s7bhme/sada/raw/refs/heads/main/x69.exe"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-03023",
        "import_time": "2025-06-18T15:06:02.421579205Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-06-18T10:15:18Z",
        "sha256": "7cad9d6c1364c940f087a52f3136ddbcd1e2e7e9118de880284237a1d839055f",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "RLUA-2025-03673",
        "import_time": "2025-08-01T10:41:35.405563504Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-31T19:16:15Z",
        "sha256": "c0f43da6669cf9a48e88ad211fe0d2db630c4e94668c3a1feb12d5fef4db7d53",
        "source": "reversing-labs"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-coloramashowtemp/readmecolorama",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.523169522Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-18T00:05:16Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "55c2f9671efb3bc3772a29971fae2313022349abe5970a426c36e305e5c25538",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-coloramashowtemp/readmecolorama",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.560025246Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-18T00:05:16Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "4f74e374afe61cdaa52e0c651ae413abc94b50cd15de263a9d247de21bfc6fa1",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-coloramashowtemp/readmecolorama",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.769232589Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-18T00:05:16Z",
        "sha256": "f19060de81fafe38f1b4cb199a4b1e81561dfb03f5b7138a0bc48c6654f3c929",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (4f74e374afe61cdaa52e0c651ae413abc94b50cd15de263a9d247de21bfc6fa1)\nImporting the module starts download and running a remote executable, identified as malware by AVs\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-05-coloramashowtemp \n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - malware\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-5126",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2025-05-18T00:05:16Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://checkmarx.com/zero-post/python-pypi-supply-chain-attack-colorama"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-READMECOLORAMA-10305013"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/readmecolorama"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in readmecolorama (PyPI)"
}


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