mal-2025-913
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-12-01 16:23
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in datagov-harvester (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (cd1508013c2ef9abe7de7e4eb3bbdc492b545c3344ae4148b4e06165e8313229)

The package looks like a beginning for a further work. In fact, the uploader has shortly published a few similar packages appearing to be e.g. an integration for a known application, but containing only a "telemetry" module exfiltrating basic info about the user. This package has no other purpose than collecting data about users. In addition, it appears to be largely generated by an LLM.


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: 2024-12- sajansubedi

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.

  • dependency-confusion


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "datagov-harvester",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/datagov-harvester"
      },
      "versions": [
        "20.0.0",
        "21.0.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-00452",
        "import_time": "2025-02-03T18:38:05.590447067Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-03T17:07:15Z",
        "sha256": "77f01f1be2038f17656e7523a8735bbb6e6e35181cacb1caf81c13a2ef12bc47",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "20.0.0",
          "21.0.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-12- sajansubedi/datagov-harvester",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.974961284Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-01T16:23:40Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "9d7476e34f62d92f7736383420735adc8c8748a83b8f6b0de545f31b1c592ec4",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-12- sajansubedi/datagov-harvester",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.167448548Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-01T16:23:40Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "cd1508013c2ef9abe7de7e4eb3bbdc492b545c3344ae4148b4e06165e8313229",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-12- sajansubedi/datagov-harvester",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.306291552Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-01T16:23:40Z",
        "sha256": "dcee5ee3878ea2770a217accd87e6b298bcd8d951b33434df4efc3e4a6e234cb",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "21.0.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (cd1508013c2ef9abe7de7e4eb3bbdc492b545c3344ae4148b4e06165e8313229)\nThe package looks like a beginning for a further work. In fact, the uploader has shortly published a few similar packages appearing to be e.g. an integration for a known application, but containing only a \"telemetry\" module exfiltrating basic info about the user. This package has no other purpose than collecting data about users. In addition, it appears to be largely generated by an LLM.\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: 2024-12- sajansubedi\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 - dependency-confusion\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-913",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:52Z",
  "published": "2024-12-01T16:23:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/datagov-harvester"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in datagov-harvester (PyPI)"
}


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