MAL-2025-1965

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/asynchelpers/MAL-2025-1965.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-1965
Published
2025-02-01T00:45:27Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:50:29.876616Z
Summary
Malicious code in asynchelpers (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (e262ab4b975a2de9c0216656ca3e760d84f3cdacb526340248dd476c31ddeb0d)

Importing the module starts (through init.py) the code that download, extracts and starts a remote executable. This has been identified by any.run as a AsyncRAT. The VirtusTotal detection rate was originally at the edge of false positive, but increased significantly during a few hours.

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

Campaign: 2025-01-asynchelpers

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • malware

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://github.com/asynchelpers/asynchelpers/raw/refs/heads/main/configs/main/security_profiles/functionality.zip"
        ],
        "ips": [
            "104.194.151.19"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.2.0"
            ],
            "id": "RLMA-2025-01200",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-03T13:44:39Z",
            "import_time": "2025-03-03T15:07:14.034410593Z",
            "sha256": "3abdfacd480ef37dda3fa5227b950c999e9d6332d4bf65b56e981752a0d4a055",
            "source": "reversing-labs"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-01-asynchelpers/asynchelpers",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-01T00:45:27Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:54.951211087Z",
            "sha256": "bc72d23ac15ca2bd56b6336b7999972ac306783bb0cacd59b7060304be22bf6e",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2025-01-asynchelpers/asynchelpers",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-01T00:45:27Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:17.990957583Z",
            "sha256": "e262ab4b975a2de9c0216656ca3e760d84f3cdacb526340248dd476c31ddeb0d",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.2.0"
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-01-asynchelpers/asynchelpers",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-01T00:45:27Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.296565771Z",
            "sha256": "99d47d8c6d0c1ac235c1516350bc19073422bcf4c6b8f9b0e16e956a7e230d21",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00089",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:11:18Z",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:19:24.463324164Z",
            "sha256": "5eb364faa17b6d04d2243f56410fb36a5040aab1d87b818403e3bc03029c8377",
            "source": "reversing-labs"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / asynchelpers

Package

Name
asynchelpers
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Purl
pkg:pypi/asynchelpers

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/asynchelpers/MAL-2025-1965.json"