MAL-2025-191696

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/browser-run/MAL-2025-191696.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-191696
Published
2025-08-14T16:16:45Z
Modified
2025-12-03T00:20:42.960543Z
Summary
Malicious code in browser-run (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (3b45aebce3647704ac54d30a38e86493e0246f9ea44131394f84628656ef00ed)

Package uses the name as popular NPM package (https://www.npmjs.com/package/browser-run), but the only thing it does is adding a hardcoded public SSH key and then calling back. This may allow the threat actor to remotely access the machine.

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

Campaign: 2025-08-browser-run

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • backdoor

  • dependency-confusion

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-08-14T17:38:42.538567Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.017673593Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-08-browser-run/browser-run",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.2.0",
                "0.3.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "2cf8be6641fd96523c535fa60b1e795826587df33aeb93952a02a3cfa6061c35"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-08-14T17:38:42.538567Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.036121515Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-08-browser-run/browser-run",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.2.0",
                "0.3.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "3b45aebce3647704ac54d30a38e86493e0246f9ea44131394f84628656ef00ed"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "ips": [
            "18.144.73.108"
        ],
        "urls": [
            "http://18.144.73.108:3000/add-sshkey"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / browser-run

Package

Name
browser-run
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Purl
pkg:pypi/browser-run

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0
0.2.0
0.3.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/browser-run/MAL-2025-191696.json"