mal-2025-962
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-12-12 21:48
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in python-bitget-request (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (bf787bcce66ad47046d93086a114a0f144b0f538b3d969fea6aea42b2312f58b)

Importing the module starts an obfuscated PowerShell code, which downloads and executes a remote script. On Windows, the script appears to just start the calculator. On MacOS, the file is identified as a Spark RAT by multiple vendors. Package impersonate the legitimate "python-bitget".


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

Campaign: 2024-12-python-bitget-api

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • typosquatting

  • obfuscation

  • clones-real-package

  • dependency-confusion

  • crypto-related

  • impersonation

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "python-bitget-request",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/python-bitget-request"
      },
      "versions": [
        "3.9.5",
        "4.9.5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/bkhek6zqbo0cqgboteegj/1.txt?rlkey=yn18m53jayba4e3m5bdi02czm\u0026st=eh1edmf0\u0026dl=0",
        "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/6hg0a8fg9m36eahv88rwo/template?rlkey=0vkaw44mh3gak6y82l4ht39zg\u0026st=ygbc7qgh\u0026dl=0"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-00503",
        "import_time": "2025-02-03T18:38:08.191671435Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-03T17:07:43Z",
        "sha256": "12c0558f868db13c2258c4dcff1e3b8b7b7a563e9dc507a0381255dbb48be096",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "3.9.5",
          "4.9.5"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-12-python-bitget-api/python-bitget-request",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.489301941Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-12T21:48:47Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "869a2b96575d696799f9aafd928391f67ea03b8dc055c567994919d943894c8d",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-12-python-bitget-api/python-bitget-request",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.514553691Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-12T21:48:47Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "bf787bcce66ad47046d93086a114a0f144b0f538b3d969fea6aea42b2312f58b",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-12-python-bitget-api/python-bitget-request",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.735046422Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-12T21:48:47Z",
        "sha256": "0639742fe0ca7fa0b75e7e4e382a95881173dfadb96c916d848954084d7ae1b2",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "3.9.5",
          "4.9.5"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (bf787bcce66ad47046d93086a114a0f144b0f538b3d969fea6aea42b2312f58b)\nImporting the module starts an obfuscated PowerShell code, which downloads and executes a remote script. On Windows, the script appears to just start the calculator. On MacOS, the file is identified as a Spark RAT by multiple vendors. Package impersonate the legitimate  \"python-bitget\".\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-12-python-bitget-api\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - dependency-confusion\n\n\n - crypto-related\n\n\n - impersonation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-962",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
  "published": "2024-12-12T21:48:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/a3b25b30a607645efefa26180baf183695c97c58b06aa6a67af1332cd3fe582e/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/python-bitget-request"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in python-bitget-request (PyPI)"
}


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