mal-2025-5653
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: kam193 (988e08e45c0c2fdbdf337e012d3930d14eedbe4add858a55cee2156849033b90)
Series of packages mostly with an obfuscated infostealer attempting to collect Chrome data. While discord webhook is usually set to an example, there are other, correct uploading URLs
Some of related packages only test partial malicious code, like webhooks from overwritten setup.py
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-07-0x9xnx
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
infostealer
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obfuscation
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exfiltration-browser-data
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exfiltration-crypto
-
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (3311ae2d4539920be4c0baaaa8587368a7c562bf75e9ec8a8b27fa42898f906f)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'hellodista' @ 0.1.2 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "hellodista"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.2",
"0.1.0"
]
}
],
"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": [
"chrome-data-receiver.up.railway.app",
"chrome-extract.up.railway.app",
"vell-production.up.railway.app"
],
"urls": [
"https://chrome-data-receiver.up.railway.app/upload",
"https://chrome-extract.up.railway.app/upload",
"https://vell-production.up.railway.app/upload"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"import_time": "2025-07-08T05:39:10.088512522Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-04T07:51:07Z",
"sha256": "3311ae2d4539920be4c0baaaa8587368a7c562bf75e9ec8a8b27fa42898f906f",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"0.1.2"
]
},
{
"id": "RLMA-2025-03613",
"import_time": "2025-08-01T10:07:11.703441135Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-31T19:15:16Z",
"sha256": "cfaa0efa2c66eddd3954987b56498787b31acaaae397e9476f7295c649319d75",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.2"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-07-0x9xnx/hellodista",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.239277136Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-04T09:57:46Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "961a1dc182f3246147be4cd32a42789f1cfffb8cccb19dd7d66b6ae1e09ce58e",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-07-0x9xnx/hellodista",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.261560381Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-04T09:57:46Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "988e08e45c0c2fdbdf337e012d3930d14eedbe4add858a55cee2156849033b90",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-07-0x9xnx/hellodista",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.524041614Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-04T09:57:46Z",
"sha256": "ea9a22b2cdd8bb2163a057349eecad0dace8d2f5e6b2df2c33a60e5f220ab2c6",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.2"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (988e08e45c0c2fdbdf337e012d3930d14eedbe4add858a55cee2156849033b90)\nSeries of packages mostly with an obfuscated infostealer attempting to collect Chrome data. While discord webhook is usually set to an example, there are other, correct uploading URLs \n\nSome of related packages only test partial malicious code, like webhooks from overwritten setup.py\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-0x9xnx\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - infostealer\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - exfiltration-browser-data\n\n\n - exfiltration-crypto\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (3311ae2d4539920be4c0baaaa8587368a7c562bf75e9ec8a8b27fa42898f906f)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027hellodista\u0027 @ 0.1.2 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-5653",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2025-07-04T07:51:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hellodista"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in hellodista (PyPI)"
}
Sightings
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