mal-2025-6548
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-07-16 19:47
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in memorylib (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (be3ea3afb3553f67411c8bebff9d99282169997e212b5ee1dd14505d1612d551)

Installing the package triggers a code that looks like downloading a picture, but in fact downloads and starts an executable with malware. Note that file supplied from the URL differs depending on the presence of the special header


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

Campaign: 2025-07-memlib

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • malware


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "memorylib",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/memorylib"
      },
      "versions": [
        "2.0.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "urls": [
        "https://image-logo-popup-files.vercel.app/public/image.jpg"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-03645",
        "import_time": "2025-08-01T10:07:12.637032215Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-31T19:15:44Z",
        "sha256": "643a8f4649e49bb859b093dac6483e2aa54f19785caba56af33d2c47abaa1f31",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "2.0.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-memlib/memorylib",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.334466645Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-16T19:47:52.209251Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "0a46cbc08217ed3919e3cbaea07fa12b4f90741f8aa03f6ba45d751dd032d30d",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-memlib/memorylib",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.363307366Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-16T19:47:52.209251Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "be3ea3afb3553f67411c8bebff9d99282169997e212b5ee1dd14505d1612d551",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-memlib/memorylib",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.591974993Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-16T19:47:52.209251Z",
        "sha256": "3b4d3c5bf0a8ed32d5e14abefc02e69ff02f201f27a5090536c521a7517fa751",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "2.0.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (be3ea3afb3553f67411c8bebff9d99282169997e212b5ee1dd14505d1612d551)\nInstalling the package triggers a code that looks like downloading a picture, but in fact downloads and starts an executable with malware. Note that file supplied from the URL differs depending on the presence of the special header\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-memlib\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - malware\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-6548",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2025-07-16T19:47:52Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/0fc1e062c521184f7e0c9f23dfdeb5431414e35cb55886e87c5ff5ec92ff4603"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/memorylib"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in memorylib (PyPI)"
}


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