MAL-2025-191745

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/gtts-lts/MAL-2025-191745.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-191745
Published
2025-09-15T16:44:31Z
Modified
2025-12-31T02:54:02.416408Z
Summary
Malicious code in gtts-lts (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (7cfb789704a149f7b741d0c68fcb8a32a1e189444ca36f97e435e59d04e073b8)

During the execution, the package silently download and runs a JAR not related to the package job. At the time of analysis, the content was corrupted

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

Campaign: 2025-09-gtts-lts

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-09-15T16:44:31.710838Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.229964996Z",
            "sha256": "9b0e8dd9fd7e7fccd68fdb4c20f8b89e3d563e48aff667fc0e8080c77b38d4dc",
            "versions": [
                "2.5.8",
                "2.5.7",
                "2.5.6",
                "2.5.5",
                "2.5.4",
                "2.5.3",
                "2.5.2",
                "2.5.1"
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-09-gtts-lts/gtts-lts"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-09-15T16:44:31.710838Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.250934654Z",
            "sha256": "7cfb789704a149f7b741d0c68fcb8a32a1e189444ca36f97e435e59d04e073b8",
            "versions": [
                "2.5.8",
                "2.5.7",
                "2.5.6",
                "2.5.5",
                "2.5.4",
                "2.5.3",
                "2.5.2",
                "2.5.1"
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-09-gtts-lts/gtts-lts"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-09-15T16:44:31.710838Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.094661033Z",
            "sha256": "9c5cebf95ec5752e6643b2129bca380d43d5b1845ae0e5313953749ab3c7c782",
            "versions": [
                "2.5.1",
                "2.5.2",
                "2.5.3",
                "2.5.4",
                "2.5.5",
                "2.5.6",
                "2.5.7",
                "2.5.8"
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-09-gtts-lts/gtts-lts"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://github.com/michalethernatg/symmetrical-octo-parakeet/raw/refs/heads/main/meow.bin",
            "https://github.com/michalethernatg/symmetrical-octo-parakeet/raw/refs/heads/main/shell.exe"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / gtts-lts

Package

Name
gtts-lts
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/gtts-lts

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
2.5.7
2.5.8

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/gtts-lts/MAL-2025-191745.json"