MAL-2025-191801

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/neov/MAL-2025-191801.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-191801
Published
2025-04-25T16:08:50Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:42:55.739360Z
Summary
Malicious code in neov (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (0c9e3f275318dc63c36dbc902dfd73c0b3aa4fa830d114c0833ed8d24258d9b0)

Importing the module starts exfiltration of ".session" files, which appear to be used at least by one Telegram library (https://docs.telethon.dev/en/stable/concepts/sessions.html#what-are-sessions) to store credentials

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

Campaign: 2025-04-qtpv

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • files-exfiltration

  • target:telegram

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-04-25T16:08:50Z",
            "sha256": "a0229deb84cc85e99c1216b08fcd5f37a378163daef1907151cab4b6cb6838a5",
            "id": "pypi/2025-04-qtpv/neov",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.355426576Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2025-04-25T16:08:50Z",
            "sha256": "0c9e3f275318dc63c36dbc902dfd73c0b3aa4fa830d114c0833ed8d24258d9b0",
            "id": "pypi/2025-04-qtpv/neov",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.387048978Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.2.0"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2025-04-25T16:08:50Z",
            "sha256": "16843f3c0cc2cf743b60dab65be25efc809a21f4e09d709479ca647ff7cc8c8d",
            "id": "pypi/2025-04-qtpv/neov",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.607928971Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / neov

Package

Name
neov
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Purl
pkg:pypi/neov

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0
0.2.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/neov/MAL-2025-191801.json"