mal-2025-6483
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-06-28 09:28
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in cpan (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (e70433969aea3c8283f99098b25b8a598f427b5fd451e9bfd5bc46098704bfb2)
Installing the package starts a revshell and download and starts a remote script (depending on version, different malicious functionality). The name seems to imitate CPAN.org
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-06-cpan
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.
-
impersonation
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Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
Credits
ReversingLabs
www.reversinglabs.com
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "cpan",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/cpan"
},
"versions": [
"0.0.2",
"0.0.3",
"0.0.1"
]
}
],
"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://www.reversinglabs.com"
],
"name": "ReversingLabs",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"ips": [
"124.221.175.251"
],
"urls": [
"http://124.221.175.251/11.sh",
"http://124.221.175.251/start.sh"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "RLMA-2025-03574",
"import_time": "2025-08-01T10:07:10.52261363Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-31T19:14:43Z",
"sha256": "bd1681dc89631934bce508a308d2c708603f6d09ca9cb6efbe90f4b33d1cbaea",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"0.0.2",
"0.0.3"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-06-cpan/cpan",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.072464118Z",
"modified_time": "2025-06-28T09:28:42Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "7d1167d235aa8d1bfa384247116621d8a00d34455aabf31bc8f46e5f348ae7b2",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-06-cpan/cpan",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.082630638Z",
"modified_time": "2025-06-28T09:28:42Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "e70433969aea3c8283f99098b25b8a598f427b5fd451e9bfd5bc46098704bfb2",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-06-cpan/cpan",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.374165892Z",
"modified_time": "2025-06-28T09:28:42Z",
"sha256": "58814925612b24ead324b54f764c54aea2512fe1a85e1ba3fd152395a2acaa93",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.0.1",
"0.0.2",
"0.0.3"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e70433969aea3c8283f99098b25b8a598f427b5fd451e9bfd5bc46098704bfb2)\nInstalling the package starts a revshell and download and starts a remote script (depending on version, different malicious functionality). The name seems to imitate CPAN.org\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-06-cpan\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim\u0027s machine.\n\n\n - impersonation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-6483",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:52Z",
"published": "2025-06-28T09:28:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cpan"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in cpan (PyPI)"
}
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