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mal-2025-6897

Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages

Published

2025-08-18 03:20

Modified

2025-12-31 02:45

Summary

Malicious code in swiv (PyPI)

Details

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Source: kam193 (945d4a5f54e77ae66588b5b64aa30eb2627903bffcb72a3031b9c4b6b2122b43)

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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (fad45d4a336f26f8dbc2d1815665ebb29cbe469468e4beaa55319945a9d8a755)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'swiv' @ 4.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Credits

Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) github.com/kam193 bad-packages.kam193.eu/

OpenSSF: Package Analysis github.com/ossf/package-analysis openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "swiv"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.4",
        "4.0.0",
        "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": "ANALYST"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis",
        "https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
      ],
      "name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "import_time": "2025-08-18T03:34:43.3484817Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-08-18T03:20:56Z",
        "sha256": "1a2fe48d275159bf6ebc366c414d768a03713ed4185ea7084f0f0e5f6fadcfa4",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
        "versions": [
          "0.4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "import_time": "2025-08-18T04:20:06.143077257Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-08-18T04:00:55Z",
        "sha256": "fad45d4a336f26f8dbc2d1815665ebb29cbe469468e4beaa55319945a9d8a755",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
        "versions": [
          "4.0.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/swiv",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.426660867Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-08-18T16:47:17.18428Z",
        "sha256": "ea8e3cad2100ef83e25d127552fdce0c90cc6581d0be3dc259cb2eccc1e5bd65",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "4.0.0",
          "0.4",
          "0.3",
          "0.0.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/swiv",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.610980797Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-08-18T16:47:17.18428Z",
        "sha256": "945d4a5f54e77ae66588b5b64aa30eb2627903bffcb72a3031b9c4b6b2122b43",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "4.0.0",
          "0.4",
          "0.3",
          "0.0.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/swiv",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.352276265Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-08-18T16:47:17.18428Z",
        "sha256": "34e5aabc93ae05e19c82eabacfef167a7e24faed1a494c54ec4fc5dcb832cae9",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.1",
          "0.3",
          "0.4",
          "4.0.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (945d4a5f54e77ae66588b5b64aa30eb2627903bffcb72a3031b9c4b6b2122b43)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (fad45d4a336f26f8dbc2d1815665ebb29cbe469468e4beaa55319945a9d8a755)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027swiv\u0027 @ 4.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-6897",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:16Z",
  "published": "2025-08-18T03:20:56Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/swiv"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in swiv (PyPI)"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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