MAL-2024-11560

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/colotama/MAL-2024-11560.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-11560
Published
2024-09-29T16:36:08Z
Modified
2025-12-31T02:52:57.533279Z
Summary
Malicious code in colotama (PyPI)
Details

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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

  • 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.
Database specific 
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            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
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        },
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            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
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            "modified_time": "2024-09-29T16:51:09Z",
            "sha256": "6393d8ebf54de33a6f79256270b507e8302a4326d5572cc9448d62433f830dfa"
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        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/colotama",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.952604582Z",
            "source": "kam193",
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            "sha256": "fc95a2119d3cdd55feddcc76a9e9abc6305a7bcc11c531393c641496a4554c3a"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/colotama",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.142574299Z",
            "source": "kam193",
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            "sha256": "fa7312f48aedc863c1eb3377178692b7cb1fe1503114d3cbc6cdc97572b9a6c0"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/colotama",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.280968638Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
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                "0.4.4",
                "0.4.5",
                "0.4.6",
                "0.4.8",
                "0.4.9",
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            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-09-29T18:01:44Z",
            "sha256": "620ac081dd0c9b0c92e59a4db27aeca43bc1ed090b14c59cb16082f50e2bd9d3"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-09-pyprettifier/colotama",
            "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.275738408Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "0.4.4",
                "0.4.5",
                "0.4.6",
                "0.4.7",
                "0.4.8",
                "0.4.9",
                "0.5.0"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-09-29T18:01:44Z",
            "sha256": "d59bd47575cd3358dbf6db2ee85b0a07661993f821d40a17ee2f5d71932753b2"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / colotama

Package

Name
colotama
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Purl
pkg:pypi/colotama

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.4
0.4.5
0.4.6
0.4.7
0.4.8
0.4.9
0.5.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/colotama/MAL-2024-11560.json"