mal-2026-3148
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2026-04-29 08:58
Modified
2026-04-29 08:58
Summary
Malicious code in amazon-boto (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (649bb559f3078565515a9fee16dbe78e0d1b5575943cbaf020135f8e70e2f17d)

When using the package, the given AWS credentials are silently exfiltrated to a hardcoded location. This incarnation of the long-running campaign was first flagged by OpenSourceMalware https://opensourcemalware.com/pypi/amazon-boto

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

Campaign: 2025-08-aws-enumerate

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-generic

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage

  • exfiltration-credentials

Credits
Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) github.com/kam193 bad-packages.kam193.eu/
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "amazon-boto"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.42.41",
        "1.42.42"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "api.aliyun-sdk-requests.xyz",
        "aliyun-sdk-requests.xyz"
      ],
      "urls": [
        "https://api.aliyun-sdk-requests.xyz/aws",
        "https://github.com/kohlersbtuh15/accesskey_tools"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-08-aws-enumerate/amazon-boto",
        "import_time": "2026-04-29T10:16:34.855312319Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-04-29T08:58:04.515619Z",
        "sha256": "649bb559f3078565515a9fee16dbe78e0d1b5575943cbaf020135f8e70e2f17d",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.42.41",
          "1.42.42"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (649bb559f3078565515a9fee16dbe78e0d1b5575943cbaf020135f8e70e2f17d)\nWhen using the package, the given AWS credentials are silently exfiltrated to a hardcoded location. This incarnation of the long-running campaign was first flagged by OpenSourceMalware https://opensourcemalware.com/pypi/amazon-boto\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-08-aws-enumerate\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-generic\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-3148",
  "modified": "2026-04-29T08:58:04Z",
  "published": "2026-04-29T08:58:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/amazon-boto"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in amazon-boto (PyPI)"
}


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