mal-2025-5132
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-07-26 16:53
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in saml-helper (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (2b054dba9521b1260174fa01f3f7ba51d88bd51e53c481675ed967271304a63f)

Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest

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.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "saml-helper",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/saml-helper"
      },
      "versions": [
        "2.3.1",
        "2.5.3",
        "2.5.4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "REPORTER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-03029",
        "import_time": "2025-06-18T15:06:03.046207355Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-06-18T10:15:21Z",
        "sha256": "2fd5325ea1bdab3a34b47c7e78f3c035f1479808c746c6e39b26c023ee517e1f",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "2.3.1",
          "2.5.3",
          "2.5.4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/saml-helper",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.388241666Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "227adfac43512ee4f67aeb5913e27d86b6950e3f7dc888f850c03cb5e2c8d185",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/saml-helper",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.575457828Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "2b054dba9521b1260174fa01f3f7ba51d88bd51e53c481675ed967271304a63f",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/saml-helper",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.677987137Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "53cae38df3fb11b7030ee7fe4f309882710fc79fe2375dd5f1e0e64b91853fbc",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "2.3.1",
          "2.5.4"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (2b054dba9521b1260174fa01f3f7ba51d88bd51e53c481675ed967271304a63f)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\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",
  "id": "MAL-2025-5132",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/saml-helper"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in saml-helper (PyPI)"
}


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