mal-2024-1624
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-06-17 12:41
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in importlib-metadate (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (b6db8994d6a78a5d0d95df2d0add2257ee6188f8c5419cbd7e2813426739d15d)
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: baidu-readver
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.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (540e9c9d054904f5342d684bd5cabf212fdbe7e4d20bac7407c937a6b8264cab)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'importlib-metadate' @ 99.99 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "importlib-metadate"
},
"versions": [
"99.9",
"99.99"
]
}
],
"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": "2024-06-18T01:30:46.804002774Z",
"modified_time": "2024-06-17T12:41:40Z",
"sha256": "53bd3e80b1638e34adc48ddfa9c544d1abe457f834b99802aec80f9de97a1609",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"99.9"
]
},
{
"import_time": "2024-06-18T01:30:46.906571571Z",
"modified_time": "2024-06-17T13:08:24Z",
"sha256": "540e9c9d054904f5342d684bd5cabf212fdbe7e4d20bac7407c937a6b8264cab",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"99.99"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/baidu-readver/importlib-metadate",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.271158177Z",
"modified_time": "2024-06-28T20:25:32Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "c3a970a330e8642d80689a8e79c8ca4a5df45f4c7c570b09a432d75914f22baf",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/baidu-readver/importlib-metadate",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.295440484Z",
"modified_time": "2024-06-28T20:25:32Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "b6db8994d6a78a5d0d95df2d0add2257ee6188f8c5419cbd7e2813426739d15d",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/baidu-readver/importlib-metadate",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.542747603Z",
"modified_time": "2024-06-28T20:25:32Z",
"sha256": "fa2b68b5159c5a57f42a3cc0b11555eccc9a75c75d1920f9511e5d35964500ad",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"99.9",
"99.99"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b6db8994d6a78a5d0d95df2d0add2257ee6188f8c5419cbd7e2813426739d15d)\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: baidu-readver\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## Source: ossf-package-analysis (540e9c9d054904f5342d684bd5cabf212fdbe7e4d20bac7407c937a6b8264cab)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027importlib-metadate\u0027 @ 99.99 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-1624",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2024-06-17T12:41:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/importlib-metadate"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in importlib-metadate (PyPI)"
}
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