MAL-2025-1986

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pxz/MAL-2025-1986.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-1986
Published
2025-02-05T22:04:22Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:55:34.893381Z
Summary
Malicious code in pxz (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (2649e06884047fa82f596d9f9b0822080bff93b64a69a9a6090c0640f19ec656)

Packages are designed to collect basic info about the user when importing them, and have no other purpose. While they claim to do so, some packages from the same uploader use confusing names, clearly suggesting the intention to harvest data from unintentional installations.

Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: 2025-02-pxz

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • typosquatting

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.1.2",
                "1.1.3",
                "1.1.4"
            ],
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "import_time": "2025-03-03T15:07:16.381460619Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-03T13:45:09Z",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-01229",
            "sha256": "b25b6647f8eca0732c744fd3d3c1f01bfd645272a1990e4568c6c3e4c04ef197"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.1.13",
                "1.1.6",
                "1.1.5",
                "1.1.7",
                "1.1.10",
                "1.1.12",
                "1.1.14",
                "1.1.8",
                "1.1.1",
                "1.1.11",
                "1.1.9"
            ],
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "import_time": "2025-03-31T07:07:19.866323995Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-28T13:06:02Z",
            "id": "RLUA-2025-01986",
            "sha256": "e6820944501214f52abd2d29fa703d5f9dee7ca307303cc50898af9333372451"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "050a6afc1a06be5f177dac6d46cb0ac3248ee389ab04e5d0f0deb7f0bfc72e5f",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.321685902Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-05T22:04:22Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-pxz/pxz",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "sha256": "2649e06884047fa82f596d9f9b0822080bff93b64a69a9a6090c0640f19ec656",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.511853513Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-05T22:04:22Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-pxz/pxz",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.1.1",
                "1.1.2",
                "1.1.3",
                "1.1.4",
                "1.1.5",
                "1.1.6",
                "1.1.7",
                "1.1.11",
                "1.1.8",
                "1.1.9",
                "1.1.10",
                "1.1.12",
                "1.1.13",
                "1.1.14"
            ],
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.623448649Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-05T22:04:22Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-pxz/pxz",
            "sha256": "9b0987e1f97aba7fa174dd59023b4391aceb42d3ddd34f742d168db0be47d832"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.1.1",
                "1.1.2",
                "1.1.3",
                "1.1.4",
                "1.1.5",
                "1.1.6",
                "1.1.7",
                "1.1.8",
                "1.1.9",
                "1.1.10",
                "1.1.11",
                "1.1.12",
                "1.1.13",
                "1.1.14"
            ],
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.333203761Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-05T22:04:22Z",
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-pxz/pxz",
            "sha256": "b425ca89874601489e94945fa9f292364fb3887ba83f1999da05dc4ca1c2670a"
        },
        {
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:20:14.13093182Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:17:15Z",
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00617",
            "sha256": "b0f3a4731c9c4fe85a738cb059a02a214ab5c81d3a5b9cd094828401e6113046"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "ips": [
            "35.170.187.220"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / pxz

Package

Name
pxz
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/pxz

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.1.5
1.1.6
1.1.7
1.1.8
1.1.9
1.1.10
1.1.11
1.1.12
1.1.13
1.1.14

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pxz/MAL-2025-1986.json"