mal-2025-191803
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-02-14 23:02
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in network-utils-simple (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (1fd943d3243197ac153b2623548e62b4225a59f611cf13fe962bc3ced369a32d)

During installation, there is an attempt to download and execute code. The package has no real functionality.

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

Campaign: 2025-02-network-utils-simple

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.



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  "affected": [
    {
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        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "network-utils-simple"
      },
      "versions": [
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        "1.3.2",
        "1.3.8",
        "1.0.0",
        "1.1.0",
        "1.2.1",
        "1.2.2",
        "1.2.3",
        "1.2.4",
        "1.2.5",
        "1.2.6",
        "1.2.9",
        "1.2.7",
        "1.2.8",
        "1.3.0",
        "1.3.4",
        "1.3.5",
        "1.3.6",
        "1.3.7"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "ip-database-netutils.pages.dev"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-02-network-utils-simple/network-utils-simple",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.358543894Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-14T23:02:49Z",
        "ranges": [
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              }
            ],
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          }
        ],
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        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
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        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.390595298Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-14T23:02:49Z",
        "ranges": [
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      },
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        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.611129517Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-14T23:02:49Z",
        "sha256": "1771b174e3a524e62418469f2f9485ca3d5d0ccd7bfa76243a152d2c35fcec9d",
        "source": "kam193",
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          "1.3.2",
          "1.3.8",
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          "1.2.2",
          "1.2.3",
          "1.2.4",
          "1.2.5",
          "1.2.6",
          "1.2.9",
          "1.2.7",
          "1.2.8",
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      {
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        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.136110246Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-14T23:02:49Z",
        "sha256": "7f1712ca8ff4e22e19054082ecda7ef7b746121d7cb8662c1342d4804808dfb3",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0",
          "1.1.0",
          "1.2.1",
          "1.2.2",
          "1.2.3",
          "1.2.4",
          "1.2.5",
          "1.2.6",
          "1.2.7",
          "1.2.8",
          "1.2.9",
          "1.3.0",
          "1.3.2",
          "1.3.3",
          "1.3.4",
          "1.3.5",
          "1.3.6",
          "1.3.7",
          "1.3.8"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (1fd943d3243197ac153b2623548e62b4225a59f611cf13fe962bc3ced369a32d)\nDuring installation, there is an attempt to download and execute code. The package has no real functionality.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-02-network-utils-simple\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-191803",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:15Z",
  "published": "2025-02-14T23:02:49Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/network-utils-simple"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in network-utils-simple (PyPI)"
}


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