MAL-2024-11621

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/kersa/MAL-2024-11621.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-11621
Published
2024-09-20T11:29:31Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:54:22.770757Z
Summary
Malicious code in kersa (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (d622fba4f0f9e74871fb87964bdc3818e244e0f9669a814ae71b923ff699e9be)

During installation, a cryptominer is secretly installed and started.

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

Campaign: 2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • cryptominer

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

  • obfuscation

Database specific 
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            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "0b5970fc83c3c8e74b53c5ffcdd007aeb7a6ac97727427953ee2cfa5eb88b168",
            "modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:50:30Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLMA-2024-11075",
            "import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:45.023142031Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "7a7c14c07febc40085b168373a08d740c1674bf5b99770055357df6441109b92",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-09-20T11:29:31Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer/kersa",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.297348426Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "d622fba4f0f9e74871fb87964bdc3818e244e0f9669a814ae71b923ff699e9be",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-09-20T11:29:31Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer/kersa",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.32256726Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "f0dcf6d4c57719a718129f72f9c8d54b2df1b13cc81ea4f67e05a5a4ead22582",
            "modified_time": "2024-09-20T11:29:31Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer/kersa",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.562170634Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "5dd240552ca44523d6bfdf92c65a715c144e7c1e90029f69cb46205e454f9f09",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:15:22Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00451",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:19:57.402046415Z"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MoneroOcean/xmrig_setup/master/setup_moneroocean_miner.sh"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / kersa

Package

Name
kersa
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Purl
pkg:pypi/kersa

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/kersa/MAL-2024-11621.json"