MAL-2025-191685

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/avatar-handler/MAL-2025-191685.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-191685
Published
2025-07-17T19:19:10Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:36:08.996546Z
Summary
Malicious code in avatar-handler (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (c3750cf8fac7fc22334d1fb416e7f3af691425c669829dcc9857abdc1384bbb7)

Code pretending to handling downloading an image, but in fact is prepared to download and execute a Powershell script image properties. No known usage

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

Campaign: 2025-07-avatar-handler

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • obfuscation

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "055e12f86fabffdc9679d65d2e06abe77ff1f1f873beae66d52f14383a03749a",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-17T19:19:10.544588Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-avatar-handler/avatar-handler",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:54.957554317Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "c3750cf8fac7fc22334d1fb416e7f3af691425c669829dcc9857abdc1384bbb7",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-17T19:19:10.544588Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-avatar-handler/avatar-handler",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:17.997852994Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "4acc9843405411646c0e7096a60589651aa0a5b04a585a02e38ac0a7a88b868b",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-17T19:19:10.544588Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-avatar-handler/avatar-handler",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.302255177Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / avatar-handler

Package

Name
avatar-handler
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Purl
pkg:pypi/avatar-handler

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/avatar-handler/MAL-2025-191685.json"