MAL-2024-12254

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/dgsinstaller/MAL-2024-12254.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12254
Published
2024-11-27T22:06:05Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:39:14.787755Z
Summary
Malicious code in dgsinstaller (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (f90b0387462eccb87e3b6d3b542cfdcfe3083873083f00a7ac5120c64b800f98)

Installing package downloads and install an infostealer

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

Campaign: 2023-11-dgsinstaller

Reasons (based on the campaign):

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

  • infostealer

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2023-11-dgsinstaller/dgsinstaller",
            "modified_time": "2024-11-27T22:06:05Z",
            "sha256": "7d9d4bd4063d551b8389acb95d2d08a923cf1ce9aad4afdfacdf2a094cd9b4c3",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.098168248Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2023-11-dgsinstaller/dgsinstaller",
            "modified_time": "2024-11-27T22:06:05Z",
            "sha256": "f90b0387462eccb87e3b6d3b542cfdcfe3083873083f00a7ac5120c64b800f98",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.109360632Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2023-11-dgsinstaller/dgsinstaller",
            "modified_time": "2024-11-27T22:06:05Z",
            "sha256": "419687796c75fb58b8c4ea485722f1dbeeccdeb532b547fd583f8a8df7a49dfe",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0",
                "1.0.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.394518192Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / dgsinstaller

Package

Name
dgsinstaller
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Purl
pkg:pypi/dgsinstaller

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0
1.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/dgsinstaller/MAL-2024-12254.json"