mal-2024-11560
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-09-29 16:36
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in colotama (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (fa7312f48aedc863c1eb3377178692b7cb1fe1503114d3cbc6cdc97572b9a6c0)
The pyprettifier library has a feature to send out the user home path throuh the logger. It's attached to the init of EmojiConverter class. Other related packages utilize a typosquatting to imitate real packages, and attempts to call the EmojiConverter from pyprettifier, triggering notifying the author about the user's home path.
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: 2024-09-pyprettifier
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
typosquatting
-
The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package
-
action-hidden-in-lib-usage
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The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (18c9d3a75d7d00423b531ffce7bf8ecbe34e723046045707f3ce1bd6043255fe)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'colotama' @ 0.4.8 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "colotama",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/colotama"
},
"versions": [
"0.4.4",
"0.4.5",
"0.4.7",
"0.4.8",
"0.4.9",
"0.5.0",
"0.4.6"
]
}
],
"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"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://www.reversinglabs.com"
],
"name": "ReversingLabs",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "RLMA-2024-11007",
"import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:42.367077937Z",
"modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:50:01Z",
"sha256": "6a267b7a9b92a77e1838d93bb8ab55b8ad8aa132bf1f371108a9b3a8a31bd3bb",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"0.4.4",
"0.4.5",
"0.4.7",
"0.4.8",
"0.4.9",
"0.5.0"
]
},
{
"import_time": "2025-02-10T05:35:47.229602921Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-29T16:36:08Z",
"sha256": "18c9d3a75d7d00423b531ffce7bf8ecbe34e723046045707f3ce1bd6043255fe",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"0.4.8"
]
},
{
"import_time": "2025-02-10T05:35:47.314378023Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-29T16:51:09Z",
"sha256": "6393d8ebf54de33a6f79256270b507e8302a4326d5572cc9448d62433f830dfa",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"0.5.0"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/colotama",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.952604582Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-29T18:01:44Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "fc95a2119d3cdd55feddcc76a9e9abc6305a7bcc11c531393c641496a4554c3a",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/colotama",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.142574299Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-29T18:01:44Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "fa7312f48aedc863c1eb3377178692b7cb1fe1503114d3cbc6cdc97572b9a6c0",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/colotama",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.280968638Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-29T18:01:44Z",
"sha256": "620ac081dd0c9b0c92e59a4db27aeca43bc1ed090b14c59cb16082f50e2bd9d3",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.4.7",
"0.4.4",
"0.4.5",
"0.4.6",
"0.4.8",
"0.4.9",
"0.5.0"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/colotama",
"import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.275738408Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-29T18:01:44Z",
"sha256": "d59bd47575cd3358dbf6db2ee85b0a07661993f821d40a17ee2f5d71932753b2",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.4.4",
"0.4.5",
"0.4.6",
"0.4.7",
"0.4.8",
"0.4.9",
"0.5.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (fa7312f48aedc863c1eb3377178692b7cb1fe1503114d3cbc6cdc97572b9a6c0)\nThe pyprettifier library has a feature to send out the user home path throuh the logger. It\u0027s attached to the __init__ of EmojiConverter class. Other related packages utilize a typosquatting to imitate real packages, and attempts to call the EmojiConverter from pyprettifier, triggering notifying the author about the user\u0027s home path.\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: 2024-09-pyprettifier\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n\n - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\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## Source: ossf-package-analysis (18c9d3a75d7d00423b531ffce7bf8ecbe34e723046045707f3ce1bd6043255fe)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027colotama\u0027 @ 0.4.8 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-11560",
"modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:15Z",
"published": "2024-09-29T16:36:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/colotama"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in colotama (PyPI)"
}
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