MAL-2024-1624

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/importlib-metadate/MAL-2024-1624.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-1624
Published
2024-06-17T12:41:40Z
Modified
2025-12-03T00:26:22.564998Z
Summary
Malicious code in importlib-metadate (PyPI)
Details

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## Source: kam193 (b6db8994d6a78a5d0d95df2d0add2257ee6188f8c5419cbd7e2813426739d15d)

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

Campaign: baidu-readver

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (540e9c9d054904f5342d684bd5cabf212fdbe7e4d20bac7407c937a6b8264cab)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'importlib-metadate' @ 99.99 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "53bd3e80b1638e34adc48ddfa9c544d1abe457f834b99802aec80f9de97a1609",
            "modified_time": "2024-06-17T12:41:40Z",
            "import_time": "2024-06-18T01:30:46.804002774Z",
            "versions": [
                "99.9"
            ],
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "540e9c9d054904f5342d684bd5cabf212fdbe7e4d20bac7407c937a6b8264cab",
            "modified_time": "2024-06-17T13:08:24Z",
            "import_time": "2024-06-18T01:30:46.906571571Z",
            "versions": [
                "99.99"
            ],
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/baidu-readver/importlib-metadate",
            "sha256": "c3a970a330e8642d80689a8e79c8ca4a5df45f4c7c570b09a432d75914f22baf",
            "modified_time": "2024-06-28T20:25:32Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.271158177Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/baidu-readver/importlib-metadate",
            "sha256": "b6db8994d6a78a5d0d95df2d0add2257ee6188f8c5419cbd7e2813426739d15d",
            "modified_time": "2024-06-28T20:25:32Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.295440484Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / importlib-metadate

Package

Name
importlib-metadate
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Purl
pkg:pypi/importlib-metadate

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

99.*

99.9
99.99