MAL-2025-191820

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/prof-quotex/MAL-2025-191820.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-191820
Published
2025-07-25T12:07:20Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:41:43.995597Z
Summary
Malicious code in prof-quotex (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (a38d66ab1d2bf34456ae2f07cb9600ea89efa8f16c3a48000b70746e5e950f25)

Package silently exfiltrates user's credentials ahead of starting the promised functionality. First batch used simple code, the newer attempt to hide functionality by using compiled modules

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

Campaign: 2025-07-prof-quotex

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • action-hidden-in-lib-usage

  • A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.

  • exfiltration-credentials

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "5ac3bda2217f2e73b1fa85dc1a29138cb80db4a0c09495248c0904e900e025ba",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.437897713Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-quotex",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-25T12:07:20.795809Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "sha256": "a38d66ab1d2bf34456ae2f07cb9600ea89efa8f16c3a48000b70746e5e950f25",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.46158715Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-quotex",
            "modified_time": "2025-07-25T12:07:20.795809Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-07-25T12:07:20.795809Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.676714859Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-07-prof-quotex/prof-quotex",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1",
                "0.0.2",
                "0.0.3",
                "0.0.4"
            ],
            "sha256": "825b7680b720206aa1730017a335642c4621705aed1d1b8ad86e9989ad3c3178"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / prof-quotex

Package

Name
prof-quotex
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/prof-quotex

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1
0.0.2
0.0.3
0.0.4

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/prof-quotex/MAL-2025-191820.json"